Building record MYO1512 - 23 and 25 Gillygate

Summary

An 18th century house, later divided into two, possibly as part of the circa 1800 alterations. The building is now occupied by shops and flats.

Location

Grid reference Centred SE 6013 5233 (12m by 13m)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Type and Period (5)

Full Description

House, later divided into two houses; now shop, cafe and flats. C18, altered c1800. Stucco with pantiled roof behind parapet.

EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic. Facade has two 2-storey canted bay windows which have glazing bar sashes and leaded roofs above dentilled timber cornices. The 2 attic dormers have catslide roofs and horizontal sashes with glazing bars. The 2 doorways, to left and right, each have doors of 6 raised and fielded panels and doorcases with fluted engaged columns, open dentilled pediments, and semicircular overlights. Between the 2 houses there is a lead rainwater hopper and downspout, and a chimney in front of the ridge.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York: RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 73). Listing NGR: SE6013452330

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

Houses, Nos. 23, 25, of two storeys with stuccoed walls and pantiled roof, were built in the 18th century as a single dwelling. The building was remodelled c. 1800; bay windows were added, new entrances with reeded columns and open pediments to the doorcases were formed, and a second staircase was put in.

'Houses: De Grey Street-Heslington Road', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 4, Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse (London, 1975), Monument 121

'Houses: De Grey Street-Heslington Road', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 4, Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse (London, 1975), Monument 121

NMR Information

List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. District of York, 14-MAR-1997

BF060587 23-25 GILLYGATE, YORK File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued.


RCHME, 1975, RCHME Volume 4, Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse (Monograph). SYO2424.

NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.
  • --- Monograph: RCHME. 1975. RCHME Volume 4, Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse.

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Record last edited

May 4 2020 3:31PM

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