Hesketh Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Hesketh Cottages
- WRENN ID
- silent-lead-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HESLINGTON HESLINGTON LANE SE 65 SW (north side) 1/56 Nos 1-5, Hesketh Cottages 17.11.66 (formerly listed as The Almshouses) GV II Almshouses. 'THIS HOSPITAL WAS/FOUNDED BY/SIR THOMAS HESKETH KNIGHT/ANNO DOMINI 1605/REMOVED AND REBUILT BY/HENRY YARBURGH ESQUIRE/ANNO DOMINI 1795/Thou 0 God hast of the goodness/prepared for the poor' and 'Repaired and modernised by/Richard de Yarburgh-Bateson/6th Baron Deramore AD 1968' on plaques. Pinkish-brown brick with ashlar and red brick dressings and plain tile roof. 2 storeys, 3-bay slightly-projecting centre and 8-bay wings. Entrances to 3rd, 7th, 10th, 13th and 17th bays are six panel doors with overlights, that to 10th has hood on consoles. Further blocked openings to end bays. C20 casement windows throughout, alternately blind openings to first floor of wings, and centre bay all under flat arches of red brick. Dentil eaves cornice. Pediment to central 3 bays with blind oculus. Ridge stacks. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, York and The East Riding, 1978, p.250.
Listing NGR: SE6236450173
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