Description

YORK

SE6052SW MINSTER YARD
1112-1/27/708 (North side)
14/06/54 No.5
and attached front garden railings

GV II*

House, originally part of a longer range of tenements;
attached front garden railings. Early C19, incorporating part
range c1300, possibly C15 range, and c1600 wing; later C19
alteration. All parts timber-framed; entrance front of render
incised to resemble panelling; street front part coursed
limestone, part buff-orange brick in Flemish bond. Tile and
pantile roofs with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: entrance front: 2 storeys; 3 gabled bays, left bay
angled, right bay has attic. Right bay contains door of
moulded geometric panelling beneath canopy hood, with 12-pane
sash window to right: first floor window is 16-pane sash,
attic window 2-light casement with square lattice glazing.
Middle bay has small window with decorative glazing on ground
floor, 16-pane sash on first floor. Left bay has 16-pane
sashes on both floors. All windows have painted stone sills.
Raised first floor string course. Rainwater goods on
fleurs-de-lys clamps have moulded hoppers enriched with winged
cherubs at roof valleys.
Street front: 2-storey bay to left; 3-storey 1-window bay to
right. 2-storey bay has square oriel window on first floor
with St Peter's keys and date 1891 carved beneath, and small
window to right. 3-storey part has 6-panel passage door to
right of paired 4-pane sash windows; one 4-pane sash on first
floor, and on second floor, 2x4-pane Yorkshire sash.
Remainder of range incorporated into No.2 College Street (qv).
INTERIOR: fragments of timber-framing survive throughout the
house. Entrance hall: re-arranged staircase, rising around
open well to first floor, has moulded close string, bulbous
balusters, square newels with attached half balusters and flat
handrail. Wing to left has exposed heavy scantling ceiling
joists on ground floor; first floor room retains dado
panelling and bolection-moulded fireplace. Wing to right has
rooms on ground and first floors lined with square panelling
incorporating panelled chimneypiece on ground floor. Brick
chimney hood survives. In attic room part of passing-brace
roof truss visible.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: garden railings are square in section,
standards turned with urn finials, gate posts have bell
finials.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: LXVIII;
162).

Listing NGR: SE6041952204

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 5 Minster Yard at Wikipedia
• 5 Minster Yard at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q109256526 Q17549661

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)