Building record MYO714 - TOFT GREEN CHAMBERS

Summary

THIS BUILDING IS 1.3 IN THE YORK CENTRAL AUDIT OF HERITAGE ASSETS

Location

Grid reference SE 5972 5156 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Pair of houses, now offices. c1845. By GT Andrews for the York and North Midland Railway Company. Front of pink-cream mottled brick in Flemish bond, with ashlar doorcases; side walls of red-grey brick in English bond; timber eaves cornice. Single brick stack in centre of slate roof. EXTERIOR: basement and 3 storeys; 5-bay front. At each end of front, doorcase of pilasters with moulded imposts and entablature, and 4-panel door beneath divided overlight. All windows are 12-pane sashes with slender glazing bars, windows on second floor being squat: centre window on each floor is blind. All windows have flat arches of rubbed brick, and all except those on first floor have painted stone sills: raised sill band to first floor windows. Bold eaves cornice is carried on shaped brackets and returns across side walls forming cornice to pedimented gable ends. INTERIOR: not inspected. (Murray H: Nathaniel Whittock's Bird's-eye View of the City of York in 1850: York: 1988-: 42-43; City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 130).
Listing NGR: SE5972551560

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005


The york central audit of heritgae assets report mentions that the chambers were demolished between 1961 and 2012.


Dr Bill Fawcett, John A Ives and Alison Sinclair, 2013, YORK CENTRAL AUDIT OF HERITAGE ASSETS,NOVEMBER 2013 (Report). SYO1457.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Report: Dr Bill Fawcett, John A Ives and Alison Sinclair. 2013. YORK CENTRAL AUDIT OF HERITAGE ASSETS,NOVEMBER 2013.

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Record last edited

Sep 30 2014 5:24PM

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