Rockliffe House

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA03SE BEVERLEY ROAD 680-1/4/61 (East side) No.466 Rockliffe House

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Formerly known as: Beech Holme BEVERLEY ROAD. House, now Hull & East Riding Institute for the Blind. 1864, converted 1920. Yellow brick with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs with single gable and 2 side wall stacks, one of them with triple flues. Gothic Revival style. Plinth, moulded brick dentillated eaves, coped gables. 2 storeys plus attics; 3-window range. Central square tower, 2 stages, with corbel table and concave pyramidal pantile roof with cast-iron railing and wind vanes. On the first floor, a round-arched French window with pointed-arched hoodmould, and above, a single lancet. Below, a portico with traceried balustrade and Tudor arched opening flanked by octagonal piers. Moulded 4-panel double doors with overlight. To left, a projecting gable with a 3-light mullioned window with segmental hoodmould, and above, a pair of single lancets. Below, a square bay window with traceried balustrade and a 3-light mullioned window. Bay window and portico have mid C20 metal railing to fire escape. To right, a set-back bay with a 3-light mullioned window on the lower floors, with a traceried band between them. Above again, a pair of single lancets. INTERIOR has a depressed segmental arch spanning the entrance hall. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York and The East Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 284).

Listing NGR: TA0871631207