Building record MYO566 - THE STABLES TO BISHOPTHORPE PALACE

Summary

Stables, coach house and dovecote, now 2 dwellings, to Bishopthorpe Palace. They were constructed in 1761-3 by Peter Atkinson for Archbishop Drummond, with 20th century alterations. The buildings are constructed from a pinkish-brown brick with red brick and ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. It consists of a three-storey, single bay centre with two-storey ranges with three first floor windows to either side between slightly-projecting two-storey, single bay wings.

Location

Grid reference SE 5960 4783 (point)
Map sheet SE54NE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire
Civil Parish Bishopthorpe, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

Stables, coach house and dovecote, now 2 dwellings. 1761-3 by Peter Atkinson I for Archbishop Drummond, with C20 alterations. Pinkish-brown brick with red brick and ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. 3-storey, single bay centre with 2-storey ranges with 3 first floor windows to either side between slightly-projecting 2-storey, single bay wings. Centre: rusticated quoins. Segmental-headed carriage arch in quoined surround. First floor: Venetian window in round-headed recess intruding upwards into open pediment. Second floor: semicircular recess containing blind semicircular panel. Segmental pediment. Ranges. Ground floor: to left has 2 similar carriage arches, that to right has central doorway in quoined surround between 12-pane sashes. First floor ashlar band. 6-pane sashes throughout. All windows under flat arches of gauged brick. flings (alike): rusticated quoins. Similar carriage entrance. First floor: unglazed- Venetian window intruding upwards into open pediment. Interior: ground floor to right has C18 open well staircase with turned balusters. Eric A Gee, Bishopthorpe Palace. An Architectural History, 1983, pp 39-40.
Listing NGR: SE5960347831

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005

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Jul 31 2019 11:15AM

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