Description

YORK

SE6051NE FOSSGATE
1112-1/17/344 (South West side)
14/06/54 Nos.39, 40 AND 41
Gatehouse to Merchant Adventurers'
Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
FOSSGATE
Nos.39 AND 41
(Gatehouse to Merchant Adventurers
Hall))

GV II*

Gatehouse to Merchant Adventurers' Hall; now shops. Mid C17 in
origin, with doorcase and Coat of Arms of 1854; rebuilt and
extended at rear in 1962. Orange-pink brick in stretcher bond
with stone doorway and moulded stone dressings; rear of buff
brick in irregular bond; pantile roof with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 3-bay front, centre bay rising to attic in
shaped gable. Central passage entry in moulded 4-centred arch
in square-headed surround with moulded cornice hood and
spandrels carved with rosettes in foliage: frieze incorporates
words 'MERCHANTS HALL' carved in low relief. Over door is
panel in moulded surround with painted high-relief carving of
the Arms of the Merchant Adventurers of England. Flanking
shopfronts have Gothick-glazed doors and small-pane windows in
frames of sunk-panel pilasters with dentil cornices. First
floor and attic windows are 3-light mullion and transom
casements with square lattice glazing. Full-width moulded
string above first floor windows. Moulded coping to eaves,
rising over gable, with fluted inverted bell rainwater head at
each end.
Rear: 2 storeys, 5 bays: pedimented centre bay breaks forward,
end bays project. Central passage opening in round arch of two
orders, the inner with imposts: panelled door in left end bay.
Cross windows with square lattice glazing on both floors of
central bays, with segmental brick arches on ground floor,
flat arches of orange brick on first floor. Right end bay has
slit window on ground floor, and both end bays have glazed
oeil-de-boeuf on first floor. 3-course raised brick band to
first floor. Moulded timber cornice to pediment and beneath
plain coped parapet.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 88).

Listing NGR: SE6055851726

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549914

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