York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE6151SW LAWRENCE STREET 1112-1/23/535 (North side) 24/06/83 Nos.63 AND 65 GV II Two houses and shop. c1900. Sham timber-frame above brick. Westmorland slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic. 4 bays. The 2 outer bays have sashed windows on the ground floor. The 1st floor is close-studded, with an ogee brace at the right, and with a rail and a moulded bressumer. It has casement cross windows, the upper panes leaded. The right-hand bay has a flat-roofed attic dormer with a casement. On the ground floor there is a doorway to the right of the 1st bay, with a cornice hood on brackets and with a door which has 2 glazed panels above 2 bolection-moulded panels. In the 2nd bay there is a shopfront flanked by pilasters and with a recessed doorway to the left of its window. In the 3rd bay there is a wide cornice hood on brackets above a doorway with an enriched surround with a lintel inscribed 'DILSTON HOUSE' and with ornamentation which includes foliage, swags, and drops. The door has a glazed panel above 2 bolection-moulded panels. The eaves are coved. Ridge chimneys to right of 1st bay and at right. INTERIOR: not inspected. Listing NGR: SE6135251356