Building record MYO1659 - 6-7 Colliergate

Summary

An early 18th century house, now two shops; altered and subdivided late in the late 19th century, with shopfronts altered in the 20th. Exterior: 2-storey 2-window front. Shopfront to No.7 incorporates earlier front doorcase of plain pilasters with moulded impost band and cornice hood on slender consoles.

Location

Grid reference Centred SE 6047 5189 (18m by 12m)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

House, now two shops. Early C18; altered and subdivided late C19, with shopfronts altered in C20. Front of stucco with timber doorcase; rear of orange brick in English garden wall bond; pantile roof with rendered stack.

EXTERIOR: 2-storey 2-window front. Shopfront to No.7 incorporates earlier front doorcase of plain pilasters with moulded impost band and cornice hood on slender consoles: replacement door and fanlight in round-arched architrave. No.6 has 16-pane sash on first floor, No.7 12-pane sash. Raised band above windows. Rear: 3-storey, 1-bay gabled front, with 4-pane sash beneath segmental arch on each floor.

INTERIOR: No.6 retains one flight of original staircase between first and second floors, with close string, turned balusters and moulded handrail ramped-up to square newels with attached half balusters. No.7 has exposed beams of heavy scantling on ground floor.

(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 118).
Listing NGR: SE6047551904

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

Houses, Nos. 6, 7, of two storeys and attics, were built in the second quarter of the 18th century, probably as a single house with a central entrance. The building has been much altered, but in No. 6 is an original staircase with close string, square newels and turned balusters, placed transversely behind the front room.

Monument 110; City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 118

NMR Information

613515 Architectural Survey Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey

BF060478 6-7 COLLIERGATE, YORK File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued.


RCHME, 1981, City of York Volume V: The Central Area (Monograph). SYO65.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.
  • --- Monograph: RCHME. 1981. City of York Volume V: The Central Area.

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Record last edited

Jun 15 2020 8:11PM

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