York Arms
| York Arms | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The building in 2020, about a year after it closed | |
 Interactive map of the York Arms area | |
Alternative names | 22–36 High Petergate and 1 Precentor's Court |
General information | |
| Type | Public house (former) |
| Location | 26 High Petergate, York, England |
| Coordinates | 53°57′45″N 1°05′03″W / 53.9624°N 1.0841°W |
Completed | c. 1838 |
| Renovated | c. 1855 (coffee house converted to public house) 20th century (shopfronts to Nos. 30 and 32) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | James Pigott Pritchett |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | York Arms (numbers 24 and 26) |
| Designated | 1 July 1968 |
| Reference no. | 1257609 |
The York Arms is a historic building on High Petergate in the city of York, England. Designed by James Pigott Pritchett,[1][2] it forms part of a seven-unit terrace at 24–36 High Petergate, a Grade II listed range dating from 1838 which faces south at No. 26 and is set between early-18th-century properties.[1] The rear elevations on Precentor's Court are included within the same listing and were originally built as residences for canons of the adjacent York Minster.[3]
The York Arms occupied No. 26 until its closure in the summer of 2019, after which it became involved in a High Court legal action.[4] On the northern side of the range, at 1 Precentor's Court, the lodging‑house keeper John Knowles was recorded as living in 1872.[5]
Architecture
[edit]The buildings use orange‑grey brick on a painted stone base, with the Precentor's Court side built in orange‑brown brick laid in mixed patterns.[1] No. 24 has a pantile roof, No. 1 Precentor's Court a plain tile roof, and the rest are slated, all with brick chimneys.[1]
The High Petergate front has three storeys and cellars, arranged across nine units, with No. 24 set slightly lower than the others.[1] At the left end, No. 24 has a passage entrance and a main door, each with six panels.[1] No. 26 has a later inn frontage with simple uprights, a wide fascia and a shaped cornice; to the right is a six‑panel door, and to the left a small‑pane window above a raised panelled base.[1] The fronts of Nos. 30 and 32 have panelled uprights, plate‑glass windows with timber sills, and a glazed door under a shallow cornice.[1] The doors to Nos. 28, 34 and 36 are six‑panelled with divided overlights.[1] Most first‑ and second‑floor windows are 16‑pane sashes, except at No. 24, which has two Yorkshire sashes on the top floor.[1] All upper windows have painted stone sills and gently arched brick heads.[1] No. 24 has a shaped eaves cornice, while the others have a simpler moulded one.[1]
No. 1 Precentor's Court has three storeys and cellars with a two‑bay front.[1] Steps lead to a six‑panel door in a timber surround beneath a dentilled hood, with a single fixed pane above.[1] To the left is a blocked cellar opening with a shallow brick arch, and to the right a flat cellar opening with a grille.[1] The ground‑floor window is a 20‑pane sash; the first floor has two small later openings beside a 12‑pane sash; and the second floor has a 16‑pane sash.[1] The upper windows have flat brick heads, and the building finishes with a dentilled eaves cornice.[1]
The York Arms in 2018
1 Precentor's Court in 2023
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Historic England. "York Arms (numbers 24 and 26) (Grade II) (1257609)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (11 March 1995). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
- ↑ York: The Making of a City 1068–1350, Sarah Rees Jones (2013), p. 146
- ↑ Laycock, Mike (19 February 2022). "Closed York Arms at centre of High Court action". The Press. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ↑ Directory of the City of York and Neighbourhood, City of York (1872), p. 206
External links
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- Entry in "Pubs Galore"
- Entry on the website of Campaign for Real Ale
- Entry on the website of "Whatpub"