Description

YORK

SE6052SW STONEGATE
1112-1/27/1045 (North West side)
14/06/54 Nos.54, 56 AND 58
(Formerly Listed as:
STONEGATE
Nos.54 AND 56)
(Formerly Listed as:
STONEGATE
No.58)

GV II*

Formerly known as: Nos.32, 33 AND 34 STONEGATE.
Part of row of houses, now two shops. Early C14 with later
alteration; C19 shopfronts. Timber-framed, plastered at front,
rendered at rear; timber shopfronts and eaves guttering;
pantile roof with brick stacks and one raking dormer with
2x4-pane Yorkshire sash window at front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attic; 5-bay front, with jettied
upper floors. Shopfronts have large-pane windows over flush-
or sunk-panelled risers and half-glazed doors: part framed in
fluted cast-iron columns, part in plain pilasters with
acanthus blocks at the head: vestigial cornice overall. At far
right end, battened door in ovolo moulded architrave beside
9-pane fixed light. First floor windows are canted oriels: two
left windows have 8:16:8-pane sashes; to right, one has
4:12:4-pane sashes, one four unequal 15-pane sashes: at far
right end, 12-pane sash. All remaining windows are Yorkshire
sashes, either 2x6-pane, 2x12-pane, 3x9-pane or 2x4-pane,
except for 2-light window at far right end with C20 glazing.
Eaves cornice is plain at left end, modillioned at right, with
fluted inverted bell rainwater head at right of centre.
INTERIOR: No.58: on ground floor, blocked elliptical arch on
panelled pilasters with moulded imposts leads to staircase.
Staircase with open strings rises to first floor, with
column-on-vase balusters and stairwell dado lined with fielded
panelling. First floor front room fully lined with C17 square
wainscoting and carved arcaded frieze: restored fireplace
enriched with paterae, lion masks and floral drops: panelled
ceiling beam.
Nos 54 & 56 not inspected. RCHM records timber-framing
visible.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 225-6).

Listing NGR: SE6027452080

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 54, 56 and 58, Stonegate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17549318

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