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7 and 8, Shambles

A Grade II* Listed Building in Guildhall, York

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9596 / 53°57'34"N

Longitude: -1.0801 / 1°4'48"W

OS Eastings: 460456

OS Northings: 451895

OS Grid: SE604518

Mapcode National: GBR NQWN.YB

Mapcode Global: WHFC3.CQXV

Plus Code: 9C5WXW59+RX

Entry Name: 7 and 8, Shambles

Listing Date: 14 June 1954

Last Amended: 14 March 1997

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256674

English Heritage Legacy ID: 464659

Also known as: 7–8 The Shambles

ID on this website: 101256674

Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO1

County: York

Electoral Ward/Division: Guildhall

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: York

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: York All Saints, Pavement

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description


YORK

SE6051NW SHAMBLES 1112-1/28/1105 (North East side) 14/06/54 Nos.7 AND 8 (Formerly Listed as: SHAMBLES Nos.7, 8 AND 9)

GV II*

Two houses; now one shop and offices. No.7 late C15, No.8 early C15, both with later rear extensions; C20 renovation. Both timber-framed, fronts rendered; pantile roofs with brick stack to No.8. EXTERIOR: 3-storeys; 1 gabled bay to each house, upper floors jettied; exposed crown post truss in gable to No.7. Jetty bressumers to No.7 are moulded and embattled, those to No.8 plain. Shopfront to No.7 has large plate glass window to left of glazed and panelled door. Shopfront to No.8 has 4-light small-pane window over panelled riser, with 4-panel door to right giving access to upper floors. Both shopfronts retain external counters on massive brackets. No.7 has 4-pane sash window on first floor, 2x6-pane Yorkshire sash on second floor. No.8 has 20-pane sash on first floor, 4-pane sash on second floor. Rear of No.8: 2 storeys, 1 gabled bay. Replacement windows on both floors, that on first floor beneath partly blocked segmental brick arch. INTERIOR: substantial remains of timber-frame survive in both houses. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 213).

Listing NGR: SE6045651895

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