Description

YORK

SE6052SW DEAN'S PARK
1112-1/27/880 Purey Cust Lodge, attached walls and
24/06/83 gateways
(Formerly Listed as:
DEAN'S PARK
The Lodge)

GV II

Lodge, walls and gateways to the Minster Stoneyard; now
entrance and boundary walls to garden of the Purey Cust
Chambers (qv). 1845, adopted as garden walls c1916.
MATERIALS: lodge of orange-brown and orange-grey brick in
various bonds and magnesian limestone ashlar: pent pantile
roof has brick stacks. Walls largely of coursed squared
magnesian limestone, part to Precentor's Court rendered and
incised, part on inside of orange brick in English garden-wall
bond: copings are moulded stone or pantile.
EXTERIOR: wall is approximately 6 metres high, stepped up to
approximately 8.5 metres at rear of Lodge, stepped down to
approximately 4.5 metres along Precentor's Court. Wall
incorporates three gateways in double chamfered 4-centred
arches with coved hoodmoulds, two closed by nail studded
boarded gates; third giving access to the hospital is open and
flanked by shields of arms of St Peter and the Deanery of
York. Lodge entrance is nail studded boarded door in
shouldered arch to right of hospital gateway. Further right,
windows at two levels are of single or paired square-headed
lights with diamond lattice glazing, all in chamfered
openings.
Garden side: Lodge is of 2 low storeys. Ground floor windows
are various, including 1- and 2-light small- and large-pane
casements, one 2x6-pane Yorkshire sash and one 2x2-pane
Yorkshire sash; on first floor are three 2x2-pane Yorkshire
sashes.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 129).

Listing NGR: SE6022752212

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Purey Cust Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26549193

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