The Dutch House is a historic house, lying on Ogleforth, in the city centre of York, England.
The house was built in brick in about 1650, with Andrew Graham dating it to 1648. It is a small building and originally had two rooms on the ground floor and one on the first floor. Later in the 17th-century, two Dutch gables were added to the front, each with a dormer window. Originally, it is believed to have had only an external staircase, suggesting that it was not a domestic building.[1][2][3]
In the 18th century, the building's interior was heavily altered, and by the early 19th century, it had been divided into three tenements.[1] In 1954, it was Grade II* listed but it was in a poor state of repair,[2][1] and in 1956, John Smith's Brewery announced plans to demolish it.[4] Instead, the York Civic Trust restored the building,[4] with much of the front wall entirely rebuilt, as a copy of the original.[1] It then formed part of the brewery,[2] but in 2010 was converted to accommodation, and has since been available to let for holidays. This more recent work won a York Design Award.[3]
The building is of two storeys and an attic. It is four bays wide, with the leftmost bay having no windows or doors. The other three all differ: a window with three lights on each floor in the second bay, a round-headed door with an oriel window above in the third bay, and a smaller first floor window in the fourth bay, with the ground floor window having been filled in, though its pediment remains.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central. London: HMSO. 1981. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d Historic England. "The Dutch House (1257039)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b Graham, Andrew (2018). York in 50 Buildings. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445674094.
- ^ a b Chrystal, Pal (2015). York in the 1950s. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445640921.