More House
MORE HOUSE, HESLINGTON LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1301059
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- More House
- Statutory Address:
- MORE HOUSE, HESLINGTON LANE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-01-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/03466/03
- Rights:
- © Mr John Turner. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1301059
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- More House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MORE HOUSE, HESLINGTON LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MORE HOUSE, HESLINGTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- York (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Heslington
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 62480 50221
Details
HESLINGTON HESLINGTON LANE SE 65 SW (south side) 1/58 More House (formerly listed as The Old Vicarage) 17.11.66 GV II Vicarage, now house. Late C18 with erly C19 range to right. Red and pinkish-brown brick with Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 3 bays including full-height 3 window canted bays to sides and 2-storey range to right with one first floor window. Entrance to 2nd bay a 6-panel door with overlight under flat arch of red rubbed brick. Further end entrance a C20 glazed door under round arch. 12 and 6-pane sashes to canted bays, blind openings to 2nd bay, all under flat arches of red rubbed brick. Sill bands to ground and first floor and first floor band. Dentil eaves cornice. Separate roofs to bays, end stacks. Range has windows with radial glazing to heads, that to first floor an unequally-hung 9-pane sash, under round arches. Staircase window to rear a 12-pane sash with radial glazing to head. Interior: open well staircase with wreathed handrail and stick balusters. Further dogleg staircase has same turned balusters. Ground floor room to left has alcoves, panelling, dentil cornice and fireplace. That to centre has moulded cornice. Shutters to some first floor windows. The Reverend Sydney Smith lived here while Foston Rectory was being built. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire York and The East Riding, 1978, p250.
Listing NGR: SE6248050221
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 326170
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, (1972), 250
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 14-Jun-2026 at 19:53:09.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.