Description

YORK

SE6051NW SHAMBLES
1112-1/28/1114 (North East side)
14/06/54 Nos.22 AND 23
(Formerly Listed as:
SHAMBLES
Nos.22, 23 AND 23 1/2)

GV II

Includes: Nos.1A AND 1 1/2 WHIP-MA-WHOP-MA-GATE.
Shops and offices (former No.23 1/2 now incorporated into
No.22). Early C18, with C19 and C20 alteration and shopfronts.
Front of orange-red brick in Flemish bond; lower storeys of
right return of magnesian limestone, upper storeys and rear
wing of orange-red brick in English garden-wall bond; pantile
roofs with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 4-window front. Right end of ground floor
incorporates chamfered round-arched passage to
Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate. Shopfronts to Nos 22 and 23 have
continuous moulded cornice; No.22 has plate glass window, and
glazed and panelled door with overlight to left; No.23 renewed
board door with glazed iron grille above and large-pane sash
window to right. First and second floor windows are 12-pane
sashes with stone sills and flat arches of gauged brick.
Moulded second floor band and eaves cornice of painted stone.
Rear: flat arched passage opening to left of C20 small-pane
window. Right return incorporates former north wall of Church
of St Crux: attic has two squat 6-pane sash windows.
Rear wing: 3-storey 4-window front. At left end, 6-panel door
beneath elliptical arch of brick, and, above, round-arched
radial-glazed staircase window with renewed stone sill. To
right, shopfront of plain pilasters with moulded imposts,
frieze and moulded cornice, with small-pane window over
panelled riser and margin-glazed and panelled door. Windows at
right end of all floors altered to C20 small-pane lights. All
windows to rear, right return and wing are 12-pane sashes with
stone sills and elliptical arches of brick except where
specified otherwise. Continuous bands of raised brick encircle
all parts of building at first- and second-floor, and eaves,
levels.
INTERIOR: RCHM records C19 fittings including 2 stick baluster
staircases.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 216).

Listing NGR: SE6047951835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 22 and 23, Shambles at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548147

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments