Description

YORK

SE6052SW HIGH PETERGATE
1112-1/27/466 (North East side)
01/07/68 Nos.24-36 (Even)
York Arms (Nos.24 and 26)

GV II

Includes: No.1 PRECENTOR'S COURT.
Terrace of 7 houses, originally including a coffee house; now
including public house and cafe. 1838, incorporating early C18
house at each end (No.24 High Petergate and No.1 Precentor's
Court); coffee house converted to public house c1855; other
later alterations, and C20 shopfront to Nos 30 and 32. By JP
Pritchett.
MATERIALS: orange-grey brick in Flemish bond on painted stone
plinth; Precentor's Court front of orange-brown brick in
English garden-wall and random bonds. No.24 has pantile roof,
No.1 Precentor's Court plain tile roof, slate to remainder;
brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellars; 9-bay front: No.24 is lower.
At left end, No.24 has passage door of 6 sunk panels and front
door of 6 fielded panels. No.26 has altered inn front of plain
pilasters with imposts, broad fascia and moulded cornice on
grooved console terminal brackets: to right is door of 6 flush
panels, and small-pane window over riser of 4 raised moulded
panels to left. Front to Nos 30 and 32 has sunk-panel
pilasters with moulded imposts, plate glass windows with
timber sills and glazed door beneath shallow cornice. Front
doors to Nos 28, 34 and 36 are of 6 flush panels, all with
divided overlights. First and second floor windows are 16-pane
sashes except on second floor of No.24 which has two 2x6-pane
Yorkshire sashes. All have painted stone sills and slightly
cambered brick arches. No.24 has moulded and modillioned
cornice: the others a plain moulded cornice.
No.1 Precentor's Court: 3 storeys and cellars; 2-bay front.
Steps lead to 6 fielded panel door in moulded timber surround
beneath dentilled cornice hood and with 1-pane fixed light
over. To left is blocked cellar opening with 1-course
segmental brick arch: to right, flat cellar opening with
grille. Ground floor window is 20-pane sash: first floor has
two small inserted windows to left of 12-pane sash; second
floor one 16-pane sash. First and second floor sashes have
flat arches of orange gauged brick. Dentilled eaves cornice.
INTERIOR: of Nos 30 and 32: staircase has close string, slim
column-on-vase balusters, turned newels and ramped-up
handrail.
The York Arms public house was originally the Chapter House
Coffee House.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 181-2).

Listing NGR: SE6021552194

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 24-36 High Petergate, including York Arms (nos 24 and 26). at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548947

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