York House, 38 York Hill (EHER 83193)

York House was built around 1860 and sub-divided into two dwellings sometime in the 20th century. The cottage is timber framed and weather-boarded and is of two storeys. The interior contains some historic features, including two fireplaces without surrounds and a built in dresser. Other joinery includes some original plank and batten doors and panelling to the stairs.The building was assessed for listing in 2010 but failed to meet the required criteria.

NRHE data transfer: 38 York Hill was built around 1860. Historic OS maps from 1872 to 1940 show that Nos. 38 and 38A were originally one house; the date of their division into two dwellings is not known, but presumably took place in the second half of the 20th century. The windows of both are late 20th century replacements. The current owner has uncovered some previously concealed historic features. The cottage is timber framed and weather-boarded, of two storeys, with an entrance to the side (north-east) elevation. The windows are mostly small paned 20th century casements. The interior contains some historic features, including two fireplaces without surrounds and a built in dresser. Other joinery includes some original plank and batten doors and panelling to the stairs. Little detail remains, and although the built-in dresser is an unusually surviving feature the survival of joinery is partial, while other features are not fully intact, for example the fireplaces which have lost their surrounds. Although of local interest, as a modest post-1840 building that has been altered, with resulting loss of external and internal fabric and detail, 38 York Hill is not of special architectural or historical interest in a national context and does not meet the criteria for inclusion on the statutory list. <1>