York Historic Environment Record

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