Halsham House

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HALSHAM B 1362 TA 22 NE (west side) 3/10 Halsham House (formerly listed as 4-3-52 Cottage occupied by F Whisker [former Free School]) GV II School and school house, now house. 1579-84 for Constable Estate. Alterations of 1884 (probably included partial rebuilding of porch); alterations and renovations of c1971 included refenestration of east front, removal of external stack and rebuilding of wall to north east. Red brick in English bond; timber-framed internal walls with brick infilling. Concrete tile roof. L-shaped on plan: main range of 6 internal bays with east gable end to street, and south-east porch containing main entrance and staircase to first-floor schoolroom. 2 storeys with attic. East front, of 2 bays: tripartite ground-floor windows of 3 narrow square-headed lights with C20 glazing, partly blocked to top, beneath brick hoodmoulds; similar shorter first-floor windows, blocked 3-light attic window with brick sill and mullions with similar blocked 2-light window above with plain brick hoodmould. Crow-stepped gables with saddle-back coping and moulded kneelers. South front: main range with 5 first-floor windows and full- height gabled porch to right. Porch: 5-panel door to left of centre, 12- pane first-floor sash beneath segmental arch, crenellated stepped gable with brick band below central section with blind oculus; axial stack to rear. Left and right returns of porch have single blind segmental-headed panels to first floor. Main range to left: 5-panel door in reveal, flanked by a 12- pane sash to left beneath segmental arch, and to right by 3 single-light windows beneath hoodmoulds, and a 2-light sliding sash with glazing bars. First floor: large 3-light half-dormer window flanked by three 12-pane sashes to left and single similar sash to right. Projecting end stack and brick-coped gable to left; later corbelled truncated stack to right, in angle of porch. All windows C20 replacements. North side has rebuilt section, C20 door and casements to ground floor left; four 12-pane sashes and two 9-pane casements to first floor beneath segmental and basket arches. Interior. Porch contains 4-centred arch ground-floor entrance beneath C19 restored staircase to first-floor entrance with a brick 4-centred arch and heavy oak door with a small central hatch, pair of wrought-iron strap hinges, and inscribed with graffiti, mostly C18. Main range has pointed and 4-centred-arch window reveals, a basket-arched inglenook fireplace to the north-east room, close-studded timber-framed partitions to ground and first floors containing some original brick-on-edge infill; heavy square oak ceiling beams and exposed joists to ground floor, 7-bay roof with oak principal rafters and 2 tiers of through-purlins. The school, for 8 boys, was established by the will of Sir John Constable (d1579), and incorporated in 1584. In C18-C19 the schoolroom was on upper floor, and remaining rooms were occupied by master, until the building was wholly given over to the school from 1871 to its closure c1960. N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, East Riding, 1972, p 241; Victoria County History: York, East Riding, vol 5, 1984, pp 39-40.

Listing NGR: TA2693227791

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Sources

Books and journals
Allison, K J, The Victoria History of the County of York: East Riding, (1984), 39-40
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, (1972), 241

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