Description

MALTON

SE780715 RAILWAY STREET
801-1/8/122 (East side)
R Yates & Sons

GV II

Iron foundry, now engineering works. Mid C19, with later
alteration. For R Yates and Sons Ltd. Pink and cream mottled
brick in stretcher bond, with orange-red brick quoins and
sandstone dressings; slate roof with coped gables.
L-shaped on plan. 2-storey 5-bay range, with 3-bay crosswing
gable at right end, on double chamfered plinth. Bays divided
by pilasters on double chamfered bases. Central glazed doors,
now disused, in 5-bay range, beneath semicircular brick
quoined arch on moulded stone imposts, and coved hood.
Tympanum contains wooden panels, with painted inscriptions: "R
YATES & SONS LTD Established.1845" and "Ransomes Patent,
Ploughs and Irons, Kept in Stock."
Above arch, 2 keyed oculi flank stepped brick keyblock. Ground
floor windows on each side are segment-headed with chamfered
stone sills; and on first floor windows have square-arched
quoined surrounds, over stone sillband. Broad stepped brick
eaves cornice.
Crosswing gable has round-arched entrance of 2 orders, with
glazed doors and fanlight, between tall round-headed windows.
Above door is 4-light window with single-pane sashes, flanked
by keyed oculi. Stepped brick gable eaves band encloses
painted panel with RY cipher between the words "EST.1845".
Right return: 2-storeys-and-basement; 12-bay front. Bays
divided by pilasters on basement plinth, with plain imposts
and roundels in frieze blocks. Tall segment-arched doorway
with steel double doors and double-transomed overlight towards
right end. Basement openings are segment-arched. Ground- and
first-floor windows are tripartite, those on ground floor with
transoms, beneath cambered arches; some altered.

Listing NGR: SE7872571558

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497625

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