Corunna House is a historic building in Selby, in North Yorkshire, England.
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The house lies on Water Lane, facing the River Ouse. It was built in the early 18th century, before 1724, for Richard Pearson. It had a variety of owners until the 1850s, when it was converted into the Ousegate School, which closed in 1926. It was then named "Corunna House", due to a purported connection with John Moore of La Coruna.[1] Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as "the handsomest house in Selby".[2] It was Grade II* listed in 1952.[3]
The house is built of brown brick, with a pantile roof. It has brick quoins and a wooden cornice. It is eight bays wide, with the third bay coming slightly further forward, and incorporating the main entrance. This has a rectangular fanlight and large hood above. In the middle, there is a carriage entrance, which may be a later creation. The windows are sashes. The right-hand side had a 19th-century shop front, which has since been replaced with brick and two further sash windows.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Corunna House". Selby Civic Society. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Harman, Ruth; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2017), Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-22468-9
- ^ a b Historic England. "Corunna House (1132559)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 October 2023.