Building record MYO854 - 52 Skeldergate
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SE 6024 5139 (point) |
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Map sheet | SE65SW |
Civil Parish | York, City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Type and Period (5)
- SAW MILL (Built 1839, Mid 19th Century - 1839 AD to 1839 AD)
- WAREHOUSE (Built 1839, Mid 19th Century - 1839 AD to 1839 AD)
- SAW MILL (Later alterations, Mid 19th Century to Unknown - 1840 AD)
- WAREHOUSE (Later alterations, Mid 19th Century to Unknown - 1840 AD)
- GYMNASIUM (SPORTS) (Change of use by 1997, 20th Century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
Full Description
Sawmill and timber warehouse; now gymnasium. 1839; later alteration. For John Henry Cattley. Pink mottled brick in Flemish bond, with ashlar dressings; hipped roof of Welsh slate, with wrought-iron corner brackets. EXTERIOR: 3-storey 5-bay front, with slightly projecting end bays. Ground floor arcade of five round arches, formerly open, the end ones now closed by panelled double doors, centre ones blocked by brick walling and C20 radial-glazed windows. Former lifting door in centre of first floor, between segment-arched windows, and semicircular blind recesses containing similar windows in outer bays. On second floor, former lifting door in centre between circular openings, and flat arched windows in outer bays. Arcade impost band on ground floor; painted ashlar first floor band; moulded ashlar sills to openings in first and second floor outer bays. INTERIOR: two massive cylindrical brick piers on ground floor. Roof constructed of 7 king-post trusses of heavy scantling, with raking struts and a ridge beam. (City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 102).
Listing NGR: SE6024351390
Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005
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BF061145 52 SKELDERGATE, YORK File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate
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Record last edited
May 22 2023 1:16PM