Character Area 1: Riccall

• Detached houses with some irregular terraces and semi detached houses
• gable roof with front-facing eaves, with the occasional hip roof
• houses set behind short front gardens w ith low hedgerow or brick wall
• large gardens in various sizes to the rear
• constructed in a light brown-orange brick
• decorative brick detail such as dentil coursing to the eaves or tumble brick work to the gables.
• no two properties having quite the same brick
• gable walls tend not to feature windows above ground floor
• footprint of buildings generally rectangular with few protruding extensions
• strong horizontal emphasis (buildings wider than tall)
• two storey construction
• no roof windows
• variation of ridge and eaves heights
• Chimneys short but wide, lots of pots, often decorative
• orange pan tile
• stone ridges and water tables constructed from thin stone are occasional
• multiple pane vertical sash and soldier brick lintel and stone cill, or Yorkshire sash and arch brick lintel
• canted brick cill set into the wall.
• four and six panel doors, or braced and battend plank
• semicircular or three pane Fanlights
• stone doorstep

Character Area 2: Selby Road

• strong building line set back from the road
• large front gardens
• mature hedgerows with the occasional red brick wall and timber gated frontage. Providing grand entrances to these properties.
• properties face the street, the detached properties are large individual villas or large semi-detached properties, with the occasional bungalow
• constructed in red, pink, or an orange brick
• no two properties are alike
• Windows are white, multiple pane, either vertical or Yorkshire (broad) style
• Upper windows are directly under the eaves.
• ground floor windows are either bow with hip roof, or flat with decorative header and cill
• Doors either four or six panels, with arched top or fanlight
• decorative surroundings and brick porches/canopies common
• Hipped roofs in brown or red/orange clay pan tiles or Rosemary tiles
• Eaves overhang
• timber fascias & soffits
• Chimneys are tall with short, plain pots

Character Area Map

Riccall's core area has a strong traditional character. Gradual developments over time have begun to elongate the main area along main roads. More recently, post-war suburban developments have filled in the areas around to square off the village.

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey with the permission of the controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office.

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