Building record MYO875 - 7-9 Shambles
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | SE 6045 5189 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SE65SW |
| Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Type and Period (8)
- JETTIED HOUSE (Early C15, Medieval - 1400 AD to 1432 AD)
- JETTIED HOUSE (Late C15, Medieval - 1467 AD to 1499 AD)
- HOUSE (Later alterations, Medieval - 1433 AD to 1433 AD)
- HOUSE (Later alterations, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
- HOUSE (C20, Late 19th Century to 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- SHOP (Now, Late 19th Century to 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1997 AD)
- OFFICE (Now, Late 19th Century to 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1997 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
Full Description
Two houses; now one shop and offices. No.7 late C15, No.8 early C15, both with later rear extensions; C20 renovation. Both timber-framed, fronts rendered; pantile roofs with brick stack to No.8. EXTERIOR: 3-storeys; 1 gabled bay to each house, upper floors jettied; exposed crown post truss in gable to No.7. Jetty bressumers to No.7 are moulded and embattled, those to No.8 plain. Shopfront to No.7 has large plate glass window to left of glazed and panelled door. Shopfront to No.8 has 4-light small-pane window over panelled riser, with 4-panel door to right giving access to upper floors. Both shopfronts retain external counters on massive brackets. No.7 has 4-pane sash window on first floor, 2x6-pane Yorkshire sash on second floor. No.8 has 20-pane sash on first floor, 4-pane sash on second floor. Rear of No.8: 2 storeys, 1 gabled bay. Replacement windows on both floors, that on first floor beneath partly blocked segmental brick arch. INTERIOR: substantial remains of timber-frame survive in both houses. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 213).
Listing NGR: SE6045651895
Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005
NMR Information:
(SE 60465189-O.S 1/2500, 1963)
1. SHAMBLES
(east side)
5343
Nos 7, 8 and 9
SE 6051 NW 28/527 14.6.54
II* GV
2.
C16 but of different builds. Much restored. Timber frame stuccoed (No 9 cement rendered); 3 storeys with oversailing upper storeys, No 7 with moulded bressummers; 4 gables; 4 later windows. No 7has a modern shop window and Nos 8 and 9 have C19 shop windows (with glazing bars) with part of the original stall at sill level. The interior has exposed timber-framing, particularly in No 7 which also has an original fireplace on the 1st storey.
(RCHM Vol V, Monuments 420, 421 and 422).
1 List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 307 City of York, June 1983.
2 List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest District of York, 14-MAR-1997
NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SYO2214 Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.
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Record last edited
Jun 29 2020 2:34PM