Description

YORK

SE6051NW KING'S SQUARE
1112-1/28/520 (South East side)
14/06/54 Nos.3, 4 AND 4A
St Trinity House
(Formerly Listed as:
SHAMBLES
No.1)
(Formerly Listed as:
COLLIERGATE
Nos.1 AND 2)

GV II

Four buildings now combined as offices. C20 remodelling of
three C15 or earlier structures, one altered in C17, two
rebuilt in early C18; one C20 structure. C15 structures
timber-framed; all parts now faced in orange brick in English
garden-wall or random bond; first floor of right end building
rendered. Pantile roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storey 1-bay fronts, except 4, which has 3 storeys
and attic; first floor of right end building jettied. Windows
include small-pane bow and bay windows on ground floor, and
3x12-pane Yorkshire sash in end building. On first floor,
4-pane sashes, 16-pane sash and 3x6-pane casement; 4 has
3-light casements. Right end building originally jettied on
adjacent fronts retains dragon post at corner.
INTERIOR: vestigial timber-framing survives in all C15
structures. Right end building has dragon beam and joists for
jettied first floor, and fireplace with chamfered timber
lintel beneath later moulded timber mantelshelf. Adjacent
building to left retains chamfered beam and joists for
inserted first floor in former hall.
Left end building formerly listed with Nos 1 and 2 Colliergate
(19/08/71): right end building formerly listed with No.1 The
Shambles. Right end building occupies an important position in
the streetscape at the corner of The Shambles.
(Murray H, Riddick S & Green R: York through the Eyes of the
Artist: York City Art Gallery: 1990-: 92; City of York: RCHME:
The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 217).

Listing NGR: SE6045751919

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Trinity House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548867

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)