Description

YORK

SE54NE KNAVESMIRE
1112-1/3/526 Press Stand at York Racecourse
11/01/95

GV II

Racecourse stand, now press stand. c1890 with later
alterations. Rear of orange brick in English garden wall bond
banded in white brick and with stone copings: at front,
cast-iron columns on stone pedestals support shallow hipped
slate roof on shaped timber brackets which has cast-iron
guttering and terracotta finials.
EXTERIOR: 2-tiered front of 4 bays defined by columns with
foliate capitals on high pedestals. Lower tier is terraced.
Upper level is partitioned off with glazed and boarded screen
incorporating glazed and flush panelled doors, one sliding.
Rear: 3 storeys 5 bays, bays defined by pilasters with
openings set between them in recessed vertical panels. Ground
floor altered for tote windows. First floor has four 4-pane
sash windows with stone sills and stone keyed flat arches of
rubbed brick: fifth window at right end altered. Second floor
windows are 1-pane lights with stone sills and top hung
shutters. Bands of cogged brick over ground floor openings and
at eaves level.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE5965149831

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548877

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)