Description

YORK

SE6051NW SHAMBLES
1112-1/28/1101 (North East side)
14/06/54 No.1

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.1 AND 2 SHAMBLES.
House, now shop and offices. C14, C17 and early C18: later
extension and mid C19 shopfront. Painted brick in Flemish bond
with timber shopfront and eaves cornice; hipped pantile roof
with brick stack.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 2-window front to The Shambles, 1-window to
King's Square. Shambles front: central door disused: shop now
entered from King's Square: both doors are part glazed over
raised and fielded panels, with decorative overlights. Shop
windows on both fronts are small-pane canted bays with moulded
cornices. At right end of The Shambles front, 3-panel door
with divided overlight gives access to former through passage.
First and second floor windows on both fronts are 12-pane
sashes with painted flat arches of brick, one blocked on
second floor of Shambles front. Raised bands to both upper
floors. Moulded modillion cornice, with fluted inverted bell
rainwater head on The Shambles front.
INTERIOR: ground floor front room retains moulded dentilled
cornice. Some framing and floor joists from earlier building
visible in rear room. On first floor, room to left is lined
with re-used moulded square panelling beneath moulded cornice.
Reeded fire surround with plain shelf and geometric overmantel
panel, flanked by fluted and enriched Ionic pilasters. Both
window surrounds flanked by similar pilasters.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 213).

Listing NGR: SE6044851916

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 1, Shambles at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548140

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