Description

YORK

SE6052SW STONEGATE
1112-1/27/1031 (South East side)
14/06/54 No.35A

GV II

Formerly known as: No.24 STONEGATE.
House, now shop. c1700 with later C18 extension; extension
altered in early C19; late C19 shopfront. Orange brick in
Flemish bond with timber shopfront and cornice; window arches
of white gauged brick: pantile roof with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 3-window front. Full-width shopfront framed
in plain pilasters with moulded imposts and moulded cornice on
carved brackets has 3-light window with moulded mullions and
transom, recessed glazed shop door to left, 4-panel passage
door with overlight to right. Passage door overlight
advertises: 'J W Knowles/ Stained Glass/ Leaded Lights/
Decorations'. First and second floor windows are 4-pane
sashes, those on first floor lengthened with renewed painted
stone sills, those on second floor retaining original moulded
sills. Moulded and modillioned cornice.
INTERIOR: ground floor: front part of shop has one wall
panelled to full height with raised panelling, the other
panelled below moulded dado rail. Elliptical arch on paired
pilasters with acanthus capitals leads to rear extension. Door
in back wall has radial fanlight in round-arched doorcase with
pilasters and capitals enriched with composition mouldings.
First floor: staircase with close strings, bulbous balusters,
square newels and plain handrail rises to attic: lowest
flights removed. Front room has moulded cornice; timber-framed
cross wall of No.35 (qv) is exposed. Second floor: front room
has corner fireplace; rear room has fireplace in plain stone
surround.
HISTORICAL NOTE: from 1762 to 1837 the building was Todd's
Book and Print Warehouse, illustrated in 1797 by Henry Cave.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 234;
Murray H, Riddick S & Green R: York through the Eyes of the
Artist: York City Art Gallery: 1990-: 91).

Listing NGR: SE6027952060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548018

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)