York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE5952NW WATER END 1112-1/6/1179 (North West side) 24/06/83 No.28 The White House (Formerly Listed as: WATER END No.28 Green Tree Cottage) II Public house, now house. Early C19, altered C20. Painted roughcast with exposed brick side walls. Slate M-roof, with 2 gables facing road. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 2 main bays, with one below each gable. The ground-floor windows project on timber brackets and have slated pentices. They are of 3 lights with timber mullions. The main 1st floor windows are of 3 lights with a transom and have casements. In the centre there is a small casement window. The central doorway has a roughcast chamfered Tudor-arched surround, and a slated pentice on shaped timber brackets. The door is partly glazed. The gable verges project. Chimneys to left and right, with tall partly-rendered caps. History. INTERIOR: not inspected. The building was called the Green Tree in 1830 and kept by George Holgate. In 1836 it was called the Sycamore Inn and kept by Alice Holgate. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York: RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO: 1975-: 68). Listing NGR: SE5913452961