Description

YORK

SE6052SW MINSTER GATES
1112-1/27/702 (North West side)
14/06/54 Nos.3-9 (Odd)

GV II

Includes: No.11 MINSTER YARD.
Five houses; now three shops. Early C18 with early C19
alterations and shopfronts: further alterations later. Front
of orange-brown brick in Flemish bond, rear in stretcher bond;
timber doorcase, shopfronts and cornice; hipped roof, tile at
front, pantile at rear, with brick stacks and gabled dormers
with 2-light Yorkshire sashes.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, cellars and attics; 6-window front to
Minster Gates; 3-window front to Minster Yard. Nos 3 and 5
have paired shopfronts of sunk-panel pilasters with plain
fascia and cornice: doors are half glazed and flush panelled
with overlights; windows are plate glass over louvred risers.
Shopfronts to Nos 7 and 9, returned on Minster Yard front, are
shallow square bay windows with pent roofs and small-paned
lights or large-pane lower replacements, over boarded risers:
doors are glazed and panelled, with small-pane overlights.
First floor windows are five 16-pane sashes, and one 12-pane
sash with wrought-iron anthemion window guard: on second
floor, five 12-pane sashes, one 16-pane sash. All have narrow
painted sills and flat arches of gauged brick, obscured on
second floor by prominent moulded cornice. 5-course raised
brick second floor band returns on Minster Yard front. Minster
Yard front has doorcase of pilasters with moulded imposts and
cornice, and door of 6 raised and fielded panels with divided
overlight: 12-pane sash window to left. First floor windows
are 16-pane sashes, second floor 12-pane sashes, two blind.
Cornice returns from Minster Gates front.
INTERIOR: Nos 7 and 9 retain cast-iron range with basket grate
in plain fireplace with moulded shelf on ground floor.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 161).

Listing NGR: SE6030852122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548639

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version