Whitegates

FYLINGDALES TOMMY BAXTER STREET NZ 9504 Robin Hood's Bay 13/224 (south end) 6.10.69 Whitegates

GV II House, C17 with alterations. Herringbone-tooled sandstone in large blocks; incised rendered north (entrance) front. Tarred gable on seaward side. Pantiled roof with stone copings and kneelers, brick stack. Entrance front 2 storeys, attic and tall basement. Boarded basement door with 9-pane fixed light at right. Left weather- boarded pent porch, rising almost to eaves, with Boarded door. A later C19 sash on each floor at right and in a tall half dormer. Tall projecting wall at left is remnant of other part of building, now fallen into sea. Right end curved coping and kneeler, rebuilt chimney. West front has 9-pane sash on ground floor, C19 sash with vertical bars on first floor and blank second floor. East (sea) front has 2 remain- ing bays: paired 6-pane windows with bottom left opening section, 8-pane sash above and small 6-pane sash to left. 8-pane sash in set-back gable end. Boarded door and blocked window under old timber lintels at bottom right. This house was formerly the residence of the celebrated marine painter, Dame Ethel Walker.

Listing NGR: NZ9528604974