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The Snickleway Inn and attached buildings at rear

A Grade II* Listed Building in Guildhall, York

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9615 / 53°57'41"N

Longitude: -1.0797 / 1°4'46"W

OS Eastings: 460480

OS Northings: 452102

OS Grid: SE604521

Mapcode National: GBR NQXM.1N

Mapcode Global: WHFC3.DP3F

Plus Code: 9C5WXW6C+H4

Entry Name: The Snickleway Inn and attached buildings at rear

Listing Date: 14 June 1954

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1257742

English Heritage Legacy ID: 463510

Also known as: The Snickleway Inn
Snickleway Inn
The Snickleway Inn, York
The Anglers Arms

ID on this website: 101257742

Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO1

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 Michael-le-Belfrey

Church of England Diocese: York

Tagged with: Pub

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 August 2025 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

SE6052SW
1112-1/27/408

YORK
GOODRAMGATE (east side)
No.47, The Snickleway Inn and attached buildings at rear

(Formerly listed as No.47, The Anglers' Arms and attached buildings at rear)
14/06/54

GV
II*
Formerly known as: No.36 The Anglers' Arms Public House GOODRAMGATE. Public house and attached outbuilding at rear. Front range c1500 with early C17 wing, altered in mid C19; mid C19 inn front: outbuilding c1600, with later alterations.

MATERIALS: all parts timber-framed: front range has plastered front, rear some exposed timber-framing with brick infill, some orange, some reused, some rendered: wing has exposed timber-frame on first floor and ground floor encased in red brick in stretcher bond; part of wing rebuilt in orange-brown brick in English garden-wall bond, painted on ground floor: pantile roofs and brick stacks. Outbuilding rebuilt variously, in orange brick in English garden-wall and stretcher bonds and red brick in random bond, with tile and pantile roofs and brick stacks.

EXTERIOR: front range two bays of four bay range shared with Nos 49 and 51 (qv), three bay wing, and three bay outbuilding at rear. Three storey two bay front with jettied first and second floors: first floor jetty encased in boarded fascia projecting on coved and shaped brackets. Inn front has folding panelled three-leaf door to left of centre and three-panel door at right end, both with plain overlights: window to left is of plate glass with divided transom light, over painted brick riser; to right, large plate glass window and smaller one further right, both over moulded panel risers. First floor has pivoting two-pane window flanked by squat four-pane sashes, second floor two 2 x 2-pane Yorkshire sashes, all in raised architraves and with applied diamond lattice leading. Second floor jetty plate is moulded; eaves cornice, moulded and dentilled, on shaped brackets. Wing has one C20 and one four-panel door; windows are various and include sixteen-pane sash on ground floor, four-pane sash and two 2 x 3-pane Yorkshire sashes on first floor. Outbuilding has various doors and two two- and three-light windows to first floor at rear.
INTERIOR: front range has exposed timber-framing on all floors, with studded cross-walls on first and second floors and studded partition walls between rooms on second floor retained. Entrance screen and ground floor walls lined with C19 board panelling. Part of first floor removed to form two-storey central bar on ground floor. First floor room to right screened with re-used incised-panel shutters. On second floor, room to left has cast-iron fireplace with coved frieze decorated with leaf and rosette mouldings. On third floor, three panel door at foot of newel stair in rear corner. Rebuilt bay of rear wing has staircase from ground to second floor, with boxed lowest flight, upper flights with turned balusters and plain handrail. Outbuilding has inserted upper floor. The inn was known as The Board in 1852.

(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 138-140).

Listing NGR: SE6048052098

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