York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE6051NW STONEGATE 1112-1/28/1012 (South East side) 14/06/54 Nos.9, 9A AND 11 GV II* Formerly known as: Nos.7 AND 8 STONEGATE. House and outbuilding; now two shops. Front block mid C18 remodelled in early C19, with new doorcases and shopfronts; rear block originally C18; drastic alterations in late C20. MATERIALS: front of orange brick in Flemish bond with timber cornice; shopfronts and doorcases of timber enriched with composition ornament: rear of red brick in stretcher bond; M-shaped roof of plain tiles with brick stacks. EXTERIOR: 3-storey 5-window front. Two moulded steps lead to triple doorcase incorporated in shopfront framed in plain pilasters with acanthus leaves at the head, breaking into broad frieze beneath flat cornice on block consoles enriched with masks. Shop door is glazed, beneath slatted vent and enriched patterned fanlight; two adjacent doors are of raised and fielded panelling, one with similar vent and fanlight. Bow fronted shop window to right has 4 plate glazed lights between moulded mullions, and lattice-glazed clerestory enriched with rosettes. Iron basement grille below. Shopfront to left continues from No.13 (qv), with plate glass window framed in sunk panel pilasters with elongated beaded consoles at the head, plain frieze and flat moulded cornice. Upper floor windows are 12-pane sashes with painted stone sills and flat arches of gauged brick and triple keyblocks of painted stone. Painted stone second floor band; prominent dentilled and modillioned eaves cornice. Rear: 4-pane sash on first floor, 12-pane sash on second floor, both with 1-course segmental brick arches. Fluted bowl rainwater head. Both returns: have 2x4-pane Yorkshire sashes in gable ends. INTERIOR: cellar: back room has early C19 kitchen range. Ground floor: moulded round arch on pilasters with moulded imposts leads to former stairhall. Dogleg staircase rises to attics, with 2 turned balusters to each stair, bulbous turned newel at foot and ramped-up moulded handrail. Bottom flight encased in raised and fielded panelling; stairwell fitted with matching dado rail and moulded skirting. First floor: larger front room retains window surround carved with egg-and-dart, moulded dado rail and moulded dentilled cornice. Second floor: all rooms retain original stone fireplaces with pulvinated friezes and flat shelves. Larger front room retains round-headed firegrate, simple coved cornice and 6-panel cupboard door on H-L hinges: smaller front room has early C19 basket grate: rear room has 6-panel cupboard door on H-L hinges. Attics: one 2-panel door with plank backing on L hinges; one door composed of 6 incised panels on plank backing. Front part has two corner fireplaces, one with basket grate in plain surround, one round-headed with flat shelf in cast-iron. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 226-7). Listing NGR: SE6021852003