The Fruit House is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1966. Fruit house.
The Fruit House
- WRENN ID
- lunar-parapet-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1966
- Type
- Fruit house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HOWDEN BISHOP'S MANOR PARK SE 7428 12/81 The Fruit House
16.12.66
GV II Fruit house to Bishop's Manor House, possibly originally a gatehouse. Medieval, rebuilt 1938, restored in 1986. Ashlar, rubble, brick. Single storey, single bay. Pointed single-span arch over river. Board door with ogee-arched panels beneath hollow-moulded basket arch. Plaque to left reads: 18th June 1938 Happy hearts and happy faces Happy play in grassy places That was how, in ancient ages Children grew to kings and sages R L Stevenson
Plaque to right reads "On 9th Oct 1929 water used for the church fire was pumped from this moat near by here being the only supply available". String course. Coped gable contains letters APF (Ashes Playing Field) in relief, with bellcote above, flanked by round embattled turrets. It is doubtful whether any of the features above the string course are original.
Listing NGR: SE7487028094
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