45 AND 47, HAILGATE

HOWDEN HAILGATE SE 7428 (east side)

12/111 Nos 45 and 47

GV II Methodist Ministers' houses, now private houses. 1837 on deeds. Grey brick in Flemish bond with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays to central section flanked by lower 2-storey, single-bay wings. Ionic doorcases to bays 2 and 4 of central section, that to left with glazed door beneath overlight, that to right with half-glazed door beneath overlight with original decorative glazing bars. Sashes with glazing bars and sills beneath cambered, channelled wedge lintels with reeded keystones to central section. Side wings have low ground-floor window openings, that to left blocked, that to right with a 6-pane fixed window. First floor: round-arched windows with channelled arches. and reeded keystones, that to left containing a round- headed sash with glazing bars, that to right blocked. Timber cornice with paired brackets, gable coping, round kneelers, end and ridge stacks to central section, hipped roofs to side wings. Interior of No 45: open-string staircase with column-on-vase balusters and carved tread ends. Round-headed staircase window. Several cast-iron basket fireplaces. Interior of No 47 not inspected but said to be very similar. Neave D, Howden Explored, 1979.

Listing NGR: SE7496728361