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Latitude: 53.6844 / 53°41'3"N
Longitude: -1.4998 / 1°29'59"W
OS Eastings: 433132
OS Northings: 421000
OS Grid: SE331210
Mapcode National: GBR KTZT.2Z
Mapcode Global: WHC9Z.XNZB
Plus Code: 9C5WMGM2+Q3
Entry Name: 53 and 55, Northgate
Listing Date: 12 February 1990
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1272883
English Heritage Legacy ID: 447272
ID on this website: 101272883
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1
County: Wakefield
Electoral Ward/Division: Wakefield North
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wakefield
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Wakefield All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
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SE 3320 NW-SE 3321
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NORTHGATE
Nos 53 and 55
(Formerly listed as No 53 (The Card Shop))
II*
Two shops with accommodation above. Late C15, 1596, early C18, early C19 altered,
c1930. Timber framed, red brick, rock faced ashlar and render. Slate and concrete
tile roofs. Two brick stacks. Five bays, 3 storeys. East front has 2 C20 shop
fronts with recessed central door to left and side doors to right. Above C20 rock
faced ashlar, with 3 C20 casements, above again 5 openings, 2 blind, the 3 to the
right with C20 casements. Gill's yard, south front, under archway, has a fine early
C18 door surround, with cabled frieze and fine 6 panel door. Rear front, to
Gill's yard, 2 storey. Rendered with a central doorway, with double plank doors,
and to the left a C20 window, above 2 C20 casements. Interior of No 53 retains some
late C15 timber framing, including a chamfered spine beam and joists with original
painted chevron decoration. The ground floor has the remains of a moulded stone
fireplace, with a complete fireplace above. The upper floor retains an oak panelled
frieze and an elaborate Elizabethan plaster ceiling with the remains of a
contemporary frieze. Plus a single close-studded wall and most of its original roof
including 2 king post trusses. No 55 has the remains of a C16 ceiling with deeply
moulded cross beams behind an early C19 staircase and a contemporary fireplace.
Listing NGR: SE3313221000
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