Building record MYO1238 - THE GARTH (60 MARYGATE)

Summary

60 Marygate: school, now house, part occupied by No.62 Marygate and Little Garth, Marygate Lane . Built in 1705; extensively altered in the late 19th century and later, refenestrated 1901. Orange-brown brick in English garden wall bond, painted on ground floor to Marygate Lane; timber bargeboarded gables and brick stacks to pantile roofs. Exterior: 3-storey 2-bay front flanked by gabled wings, 2 storeys and attic to left, 3 storeys and attic to right.

Location

Grid reference SE 5979 5215 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

School, now house, part occupied by No.62 Marygate (qv) and Little Garth, Marygate Lane (qv). 1705; extensively altered in late C19 and later, refenestrated 1901. Orange-brown brick in English garden wall bond, painted on ground floor to Marygate Lane; timber bargeboarded gables and brick stacks to pantile roofs. EXTERIOR: 3-storey 2-bay front flanked by gabled wings, 2 storeys and attic to left, 3 storeys and attic to right. Right wing has 4-panel door with side window beneath bracketed flat porch, to left of 3-light window. Left wing has 6-panel door and 3-light window: centre ground floor windows are similar. On first floor, centre window is canted oriel of 6 transomed lights: window to left is of 3 lights, to right 2 lights, both with timber mullions and transoms. On second floor windows are of 2 or 3 lights without transoms. Each attic has a glazed oculus. Windows are square latticed casements and have renewed 1-course segmental brick arches. 2-course raised brick bands to all floors, broken in places by altered fenestration and returned over right return. Left return: 2 storeys, 2 windows. On ground floor at right end is original plank and batten panelled door with timber lintel: to left is renewed unequal 12-pane sash window, further left glazed and panelled door in moulded surround with corner roundels. On first floor, window to left is 2-light casement, to right top-hung light, both transomed. All openings except right end door have flat arches of gauged brick. Right return: evidence of blocked windows with brick segmental arches on all three floors towards Marygate Lane. INTERIORS: no features of note survive. From 1705 to 1784, the house was occupied by the Grey Coat School for Girls. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO London: 1975-: 86).
Listing NGR: SE5979952159

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005

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No further description provided.

Related event: (UID 613515)
INVESTIGATION BY RCHME/EH ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Architectural Survey
14-NOV-1995 - 14-NOV-1995

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Aug 19 2019 3:48PM

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