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Lady Hewleys Almshouses

A Grade II Listed Building in Guildhall, York

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9598 / 53°57'35"N

Longitude: -1.0777 / 1°4'39"W

OS Eastings: 460612

OS Northings: 451914

OS Grid: SE606519

Mapcode National: GBR NQXN.G8

Mapcode Global: WHFC3.FQ1Q

Plus Code: 9C5WXW5C+WW

Entry Name: Lady Hewleys Almshouses

Listing Date: 14 June 1954

Last Amended: 14 March 1997

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256696

English Heritage Legacy ID: 464635

Also known as: 1 Lady Hewley's Almshouses and 14 St Saviourgate

ID on this website: 101256696

Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO1

County: York

Electoral Ward/Division: Guildhall

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: York

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: York All Saints, Pavement

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description



YORK

SE6051NE ST SAVIOURGATE
1112-1/17/983 (South East side)
14/06/54 No.14
(Formerly Listed as:
ST SAVIOURGATE
No.14
and Lady Hewley's Almshouses
(Nos.1-11 consec & No.8A))

GV II

Includes: Lady Hewley's Almshouses No.1 ST SAVIOURGATE.
Warden's house to almshouses; attached gates, gate piers and
railings forming entrance and south-western boundary to
gardens surrounding the almshouses (qv). 1840, with C20
extension. By JB Pritchett for the Trustees of Lady Hewley's
Charity. House of tooled ashlar on ashlar plinth; slate roof
with moulded stone coping and shaped kneelers. Cast-iron gates
and railings; stone gate piers.
EXTERIOR: house front 2 storeys, 3 bays, centre bay gabled;
1-storey extension to right. Centre bay has board double doors
and 2-light window with pointed 6- on 4-pane hung sashes on
first floor, both in openings with 4-centred heads. Windows on
both floors of flanking bays are mullioned and square-headed
with paired 8-pane sashes, those on ground floor taller. All
openings are double chamfered and have coved hoodmoulds.
Chamfered eaves course.
Left return to St Saviourgate: 2-storey gable wall. Ground
floor window as on main front. First floor opening blocked by
reset tablet recording original foundation of Lady Hewley's
Hospital in Tanner Row in 1700. Below is inscribed stone
recording rebuilding of the Hospital in 1840.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: gate piers approximately 1.5 metres high,
with domed heads, flank double gates of square section
railings with Tudor flower finials. Railings of similar design
raised on low wall with chamfered coping.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 96).

Listing NGR: SE6061251914

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