York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE6051SW PECKITT STREET 1112-1/21/866 (South East side) 24/06/83 Nos.1-7 (Consecutive) and gates and railings attached to Nos 2-6 (Formerly Listed as: PECKITT STREET Nos.2-7 (Consecutive) and railings and gates to Nos.2-6 (consec)) GV II Terrace of 7 houses, comprising 3 pairs of houses and 1 single house, now offices with gates and railings attached to Nos 2-6. Various builds c1840-1860. All of pink-grey brick in Flemish bond with doorcases and modillion eaves cornices of timber, and brick stacks to slate roofs. Railings of cast-iron on brick plinths with painted stone coping. EXTERIOR: all houses are of 3 storeys, 3 higher than those adjacent; Nos 1, 2 and 3 have basements. All houses have 2 first floor windows, except No.1 which has 3. Nos 1 and 2: plain pilaster doorcases with moulded cornice hoods on carved and grooved consoles have panelled reveals and doors of 6 raised and fielded panels beneath overlights. Windows are 12-pane sashes, except those on first floor of No.2 which has 1-pane lower sashes. Painted stone sill band to first floor windows, and painted stone sills to the others. No.3: plain doorcase with moulded cornice hood on scrolled grooved consoles has deeply recessed 4-panel door beneath plain overlight. Ground and first floor windows are sashes, with 6 panes to upper, 1 pane to lower, with painted stone sill band to those on first floor. On second floor windows are 12-pane sashes with painted stone sills. Chamfered ground floor band. Nos 4 and 5: plain doorcases with moulded cornice hoods on bulbous grooved consoles have 4-panel doors beneath divided overlights. All windows are 1-pane sashes with painted stone sills and slightly cambered arches. Nos 6 and 7: No.6 has plain doorcase with cornice hood on consoles and jewel stops on frieze blocks, and 4-panel door beneath divided overlight. No.7 has Doric doorcase, probably re-used, of fluted attached columns and mutule cornice, and replacement 6-panel door beneath overlight. Canted bay windows to right of doorcases, with colonnette mullions, and cornices on jewel-stopped modillions. No.6 has 12-pane sashes on first floor, and squat 6-pane sashes on second floor: No.7 has 1-pane sashes throughout. Continuous sill band on first floor, and painted stone sills elsewhere. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: garden gates and railings are turned with spearhead tips. Gate standards are openwork panels incorporating anthemion motif, except those to No.6, which are turned and bulbous, with ball finials. No.1 is included on the list for the first time. Listing NGR: SE6035851460