Building record MYO690 - 7 Walmgate THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS

Summary

The Red Lion Public House and attached outbuildings. Inn built in the 15th century, with alterations in the late 16th, early 17th and 18th centuries. Further alterations took place in the 19th century when the building was converted into a public house.

Location

Grid reference SE 6061 5163 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

Formerly known as: Red Lion Public House MERCHANTGATE. Public house and outbuildings attached at rear. C15, extended late C16; C17 wing; further rear extensions of C18: mid C19 inn front and C20 fenestration. MATERIALS: timber-framed, much reconstructed, infilling plastered; inn front of painted stucco: ground floor of C17 wing of orange-brown brick in English garden-wall bond: outbuildings and other parts of brick in various bonds. Pantile roofs with brick stacks. EXTERIOR: 2-storey 2-bay front, left bay lower: reconstructed framing on first floor. Inn front framed in squat pilasters on high pedestals, beneath plain cornice: panelled doors at each end flank 1- and 2-light windows with moulded mullions over sill band. One cross window on first floor. Right return: gable wall to left of 2-storey wing of 5 unequal bays: original timber-framing exposed on first floor of wing. Windows on ground floor are squat 1-pane sashes; on first floor, 2-light casements with original blocked window toward right end. All windows are square lattice lights. 1- and 2-storey outbuildings much altered. INTERIOR: not inspected. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 238).
Listing NGR: SE6061551634

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

NMR infomration: no additional description provided.

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2019 4:06PM

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