Listed Building: GUINNESS BAR IN THE OLD GRANDSTAND AT YORK RACECOURSE (1257530)

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Grade II*
NHLE 1257530
Date assigned 14 June 1954
Date last amended

Description

YORK SE54NE KNAVESMIRE 1112-1/3/525 Guinness Bar in the Old Grandstand 14/06/54 at York Racecourse (Formerly Listed as: YORK RACECOURSE, Knavesmire The Old Grandstand) II* Grandstand, now bar. 1755; demolished and partly reconstructed c1920. By John Carr. Orange brick in English bond with dressings of ashlar sandstone: roof not visible. EXTERIOR: 1-storey 9-bay front on moulded stone plinth: centre and end bays are faced with rusticated stone and break forward; centre bay is pedimented. Bays are arcaded, the end and centre ones with round arches of radiating voussoirs, elsewhere rubbed brick arches with stone impost band. Each arch has a C20 canopy over. Moulded stone eaves cornice beneath balustraded parapet of bulbous balusters with plain stone piers and moulded coping. Rear: 1 storey 9 bays, on brick plinth. Outer and centre bays are blind; elsewhere blind arcaded beneath stepped brick cornice and plain parapet with flat stone coping. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: this is all that remains of one of the most impressive C18 Grandstands in England. (Murray H, Riddick S & Green R: York through the Eyes of the Artist: York City Art Gallery: 1990-: 24; RCHME: City of York: London: 1972-: 50). Listing NGR: SE5966049908

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Grid reference SE 5966 4990 (point)
Map sheet SE54NE

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Nov 30 2021 9:27PM

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