Description

YORK

SE6052SW STONEGATE
1112-1/27/1030 (South East side)
01/07/68 No.35
At the Sign of the Bible

GV II*

House and shop. C15 front range, early C17 rear wing with late
C19 bay window, and late C17 linking block; late C19
alterations and shopfront, and other minor alterations in C20.
MATERIALS: front range and rear wing timber-framed; front
range pargeted at front, rear of orange brick in stretcher
bond; rear wing encased in red-brown brick in stretcher bond,
part rendered, and with hipped roof; link block of brick;
pantile roofs with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, cellar and attics; 1 gabled bay to street
with jettied first and second floors, second floor jetty
having terminal brackets carved with garlanded heads.
Shopfront contained in chamfered and moulded frame beneath
prominent moulded cornice on brackets carved with flower
sprays. Steps up to central glazed door with decorative leaded
overlight recessed in trefoiled arch with carved spandrels: on
each side, 3-light square bay windows with stained glass
clerestories project over cellar openings. Cellars have ornate
cast-iron grilles and bands of glazed tiles, incorporating the
date 1874. Painted wooden book sign hangs over door, inscribed
'HOLY BIBLE 1682'. First floor window is 4-light canted bay
with leaded clerestory lights of stained glass: carved band
beneath sill incorporates initials CR, date 1682, a Tudor rose
and a thistle. Window surmounted by openwork wooden balustrade
forming balcony beneath second floor windows. On second floor
are three cross-windows with similar clerestory lights and
carved surrounds with moulded sills. Mullions and transoms are
moulded. Attic window is of paired lights with decorative
leaded glazing, and moulded sill on brackets carved with ball
flowers. In gable apex, collar carved with oak leaves,
supported on shaped console, carries king post in the form of
a baluster. Carved bargeboards have terminal brackets with
ball mouldings.
Left return: side passage leads to front door and stained
glass porch window; and square bay stained glass window in
rear wing.
INTERIOR: ground floor: shop has Gothic-style fireplace and
overmantel; cased framing visible; reset C17 run-through
panelling. Range of fitted cupboards with ornate wrought-iron
hinges at head of cellar stairs.
Staircase to attic has moulded strings, turned balusters,
square newels and moulded handrail. Middle room fully lined
with fielded panelling; moulded dado rail and moulded cornice:
plain moulded fireplace surround with later bracketed shelf
and panelled overmantel flanked by alcoves in wide elliptical

arches. Square bay window contains stained glass.
First floor: front room has late C18 fireplace enriched with
composition mouldings, fluted frieze and dentilled cornice
shelf: later round-headed grate in marble surround.
Second floor: front room lined with square wainscot and carved
arcaded panelling: fireplace has bolection moulded surround.
Attic: altered crown post roof: front truss intact, middle
truss altered to incorporate door, rear truss removed. A
number of 3-panel doors survive throughout the house.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the house served as a bookshop between 1682,
when Francis Hildyard opened 'The Sign of the Bible', and 1873
when it was acquired by the stained glass artist, JW Knowles
(1838-1931). From that date, it was his residence and workshop
and remains as altered by him: much of the stained glass is
his work.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Hutchinson J and Palliser DM: York:
Edinburgh: 1980-: 173; Murray H, Riddick S & Green R: York
through the Eyes of the Artist: York City Art Gallery: 1990-:
91; City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 232).

Listing NGR: SE6027552054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 35 Stonegate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17549368

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