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Wandesford House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Guildhall, York

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9639 / 53°57'50"N

Longitude: -1.0866 / 1°5'11"W

OS Eastings: 460024

OS Northings: 452368

OS Grid: SE600523

Mapcode National: GBR NQVL.KS

Mapcode Global: WHFC3.8MTK

Plus Code: 9C5WXW77+H9

Entry Name: Wandesford House

Listing Date: 14 June 1954

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1259452

English Heritage Legacy ID: 462871

ID on this website: 101259452

Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO30

County: York

Electoral Ward/Division: Guildhall

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: York

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: York St Olave with St Giles

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description



YORK

SE6052SW BOOTHAM
1112-1/13/72 (North East side)
14/06/54 No.37
Wandesford House

GV II*

Formerly known as: No.37 The Wandesford Hospital BOOTHAM.
Almshouses. Opened in 1743 as the Mary Wandesford Old Maid's
Hospital; altered mid C19, and in 1968 when the present
doorcase was added. Brick in Flemish bond with plain tile
roof.
EXTERIOR: symmetrical, of 2 storeys and 7 bays, with the 3
central bays projecting under a pediment. Each bay has a
round-arched recess within which the windows of both storeys
are set, and a deep impost band is carried from arch to arch
across the recesses. The windows are glazing bar sashes, the
ground-floor ones with flat rubbed brick arches and the 1st
floor ones with segmental heads and 3 over 3 panes. The
doorway has a timber architrave and a broken pediment. The
cornice gutter is heavily moulded. Within the pediment there
is a niche containing a bust of the foundress. To the right of
the 1st and 6th bays there are lead rainwater hoppers and
downpipes. Chimneys to left and right, and on ridge to each
side of the 3 central bays.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM record 2 original staircases,
each single flight with closed string, square newels and
turned oak balusters with moulded and ramped handrail.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO London:
1975-: 51).


Listing NGR: SE6002452368

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