Building record MYO692 - 9 Walmgate

Summary

Formerly The Black Horse Public House, built in the mid 18th century and re-roofed in the early 19th century. The building was converted into a shop in the mid 19th century.

Location

Grid reference SE 6062 5164 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Inn, now house and shop. Mid C18, re-roofed in early C19; altered with shopfront mid C19. Painted brick in Flemish bond with timber doorcase and shopfront: hipped roof, part tile, part pantile, with corner scrolls, skylight and brick stacks.

EXTERIOR: 3-storey 1-window front. Shopfront of plain pilasters with moulded imposts and moulded cornice on paired brackets: glazed and panelled double doors beneath overlight on corner, between shop windows of 2 round-arched lights with transom over panelled risers. 1-pane sash windows with painted flat arches on first and second floors. First and second floor bands, returned over right front. Fluted inverted bell rainwater head. Right return to Merchantgate: 3 storeys, with cellar beneath right end; 3-window front. Cellar has board door. Central doorcase approached by steps has incised panelled jambs with entablature on carved consoles and glazed and panelled door beneath 6-pane overlight. Windows as on Walmgate front.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 239).
Listing NGR: SE6062351637

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

(520) House, No. 9, was built in the late 18th century. In 1850 it was The Black Horse p.h. and now contains a shop. It is a long narrow building of three storeys with its main frontage to Merchantgate. On plan two unequal rooms are disposed one on each side of the entrance hall and stairs.

City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 239

NMR Information

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

BF061234 9 WALMGATE, 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

Jul 6 2020 2:10PM

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