Alfred Schofield House And Attached Railings

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TA1028NW 680-1/23/17 13/10/52

KINGSTON UPON HULL ALFRED GELDER STREET (North side) No.105 Alfred Schofield House and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as ALFRED GELDER STREET (South side) No.105 Sailors' Home)

GV II

Former sailors' home, now flats, and attached railings. Built c1780 for the Wilson family and restored 1988. Brick with stucco front and ashlar dressings, with hipped slate roof and 3 brick side wall stacks. Plinth, moulded wooden eaves. 3 storeys; 5-window range. Stucco front, to Alfred Gelder Street, has five 12-pane sashes and above, five 6-pane sashes. Central steps with convex wrought-iron balustrades, wooden doorcase with pilasters, open pediment, fielded 6-panel door and fanlight. On either side, two 12-pane sashes. Rear elevation, to Salthouse Lane, has plinth, first-floor band and first-floor sill band. Similar fenestration with brick flat arches. Central steps with renewed convex wrought-iron balustrades and area railings. Portico with 2 freestanding and 2 attached Doric columns, enriched frieze and dentillated pediment. C20 fielded 6-panel door with overlight. On either side, two 12-pane sashes. Beyond, on either side, concave screen walls ending in square brick pavilions, all with slab coping. The pavilions have blocked round-arched openings with imposts and lintels. Right return has a pair of glazing bar sashes in the centre on each floor.

Listing NGR: TA1017928929