Description

YORK

SE5952SE MARYGATE
1112-1/12/629 (North West side)
19/08/71 No.60
The Garth

GV II

School, now house, part occupied by No.62 Marygate (qv) and
Little Garth, Marygate Lane (qv). 1705; extensively altered in
late C19 and later, refenestrated 1901. Orange-brown brick in
English garden wall bond, painted on ground floor to Marygate
Lane; timber bargeboarded gables and brick stacks to pantile
roofs.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 2-bay front flanked by gabled wings, 2
storeys and attic to left, 3 storeys and attic to right. Right
wing has 4-panel door with side window beneath bracketed flat
porch, to left of 3-light window. Left wing has 6-panel door
and 3-light window: centre ground floor windows are similar.
On first floor, centre window is canted oriel of 6 transomed
lights: window to left is of 3 lights, to right 2 lights, both
with timber mullions and transoms. On second floor windows are
of 2 or 3 lights without transoms. Each attic has a glazed
oculus. Windows are square latticed casements and have renewed
1-course segmental brick arches. 2-course raised brick bands
to all floors, broken in places by altered fenestration and
returned over right return.
Left return: 2 storeys, 2 windows. On ground floor at right
end is original plank and batten panelled door with timber
lintel: to left is renewed unequal 12-pane sash window,
further left glazed and panelled door in moulded surround with
corner roundels. On first floor, window to left is 2-light
casement, to right top-hung light, both transomed. All
openings except right end door have flat arches of gauged
brick.
Right return: evidence of blocked windows with brick segmental
arches on all three floors towards Marygate Lane.
INTERIORS: no features of note survive.
From 1705 to 1784, the house was occupied by the Grey Coat
School for Girls.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO London:
1975-: 86).

Listing NGR: SE5979952159

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Garth at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548744

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