The Downe Arms

NORTH YORKSHIRE SCARBOROUGH 5341

SE 9683 WYKEHAM A 170 (north side)

14/115 The Downe Arms

18.1.67 GV II

Inn. c1800, with later C19 alteration and extension; further extension in C20. For the Wykeham estate. Dressed sandstone to front and right side; coursed rubble sandstone to left side and rear; timber eaves course; pantile roof. Central-entry plan, 2 rooms deep; rear service wing added before 1850. 3-storey front, of 3 recessed, round-arched bays. Central door of 6 flush panels beneath radial fanlight, in plain round-arched surround. 12- pane sash over door. Ground and first-floor windows in flanking bays are tripartite sashes; segment-headed 6-pane sashes to second floor. End stacks at base of hipped roof. Rear: radial-glazed staircase window to right of centre. Interior: closed-string, dogleg staircase rises through house to second floor. Moulded handrail ramped-up, with reeded balusters, and some re-used C18 turned balusters between first and second floors. Moulded plaster cornice to staircase hall and ground-floor passage. Doors of 6 raised and fielded panels. Ground-floor room to right has fireplace with moulded surround and fluted cornice, flanked by alcove cupboards with panelled doors. Moulded dado rail.

Listing NGR: SE9642883354