19 And 21, Blossom Street is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. House. 5 related planning applications.
19 And 21, Blossom Street
- WRENN ID
- tilted-spindle-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
19 and 21 Blossom Street are two houses that were later used as a chaplains' residence and are now part of a convent and Pastoral Centre. Number 19 was rebuilt in 1837, incorporating parts of a mid and late 18th-century house, and was remodelled and combined with the rebuilt Number 21 between 1845 and 1847. There have been 20th-century alterations and extensions. The mid-19th-century remodelling was done by G.T. Andrews for the Bar Convent.
The buildings are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with some stone dressings and have a slate roof. They rise three storeys and have seven bays. The facade features a stone plinth and a cornice with dentils and modillions. The brickwork on the second floor is a different colour from that below. The windows are glazing bar sashes with rubbed brick flat arches. The left-hand ground floor window has external shutters with three raised and fielded panels on each leaf. The first and third bays have low blocked cellar openings, while the seventh bay has two cellar openings. The second and sixth bays contain doorcases with engaged Doric columns, fanlights, and six-panel doors. The left-hand doorway has short iron railings leading to its external steps. There is a chimney on the right in front of the ridge, with additional ridge chimneys with truncated caps located between the third and fourth bays, and between the sixth and seventh bays.
The interior has not been inspected, but records from the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England indicate that it includes an 18th-century open string staircase with turned balusters and a handrail that is wreathed at the foot on a turned newel, along with reused doors and doorcases from around 1760. Other fittings, including doorcases with fluted surrounds and angle roundels, date from around 1837. Number 21 features a staircase with a cast-iron balustrade.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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