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Latitude: 53.9643 / 53°57'51"N
Longitude: -1.0801 / 1°4'48"W
OS Eastings: 460448
OS Northings: 452419
OS Grid: SE604524
Mapcode National: GBR NQWL.YN
Mapcode Global: WHFC3.CMX7
Plus Code: 9C5WXW79+PX
Entry Name: University College of Ripon and York St John Drama Studio
Listing Date: 24 June 1983
Last Amended: 14 March 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1257439
English Heritage Legacy ID: 463862
Also known as: Former chapel of St John's College
ID on this website: 101257439
Location: The Groves, York, North Yorkshire, YO31
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 St Thomas with St Maurice
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: University building
YORK
SE6052SW LORD MAYOR'S WALK
1112-1/13/570 (North East side)
24/06/83 University College of Ripon & York
St John: Drama Studio
(Formerly Listed as:
LORD MAYOR'S WALK
Former Chapel of St John's College)
GV II
Chapel, now drama studio. c1858; converted c1964. Coursed
rusticated stone on moulded and chamfered plinths, with
intermediate and diagonal buttresses; ashlar dressings;
steeply pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods.
STYLE: Gothic Revival.
PLAN: 5 bays with south transept and north and south doors.
EXTERIOR: east window is of 5 trefoiled lights with
curvilinear tracery in the head, beneath coved hoodmould.
North and south sides are buttressed between bays, interrupted
on south side by gabled transept. North and south doors are
board with foliated C-hinges in 2-centred arches of 3 moulded
orders: above are rounded triangular lights filled with
mouchettes. Blocked doorway in east return of transept. Nave
windows are of paired trefoil headed lights with traceried
2-centred heads. West window is of 3 trefoiled lights with
traceried 2-centred head and coved hoodmould on head stops;
glazed trefoil in rounded triangular surround in gable apex.
Moulded sillstring encircles building, rising over all
doorways to form moulded hood, stepped beneath west window.
Openings are chamfered and windows have relieving arches of
voussoirs.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SE6044852419
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