3-9, MINSTER GATES (See details for further address information)

YORK

SE6052SW MINSTER GATES 1112-1/27/702 (North West side) 14/06/54 Nos.3-9 (Odd)

GV II

Includes: No.11 MINSTER YARD. Five houses; now three shops. Early C18 with early C19 alterations and shopfronts: further alterations later. Front of orange-brown brick in Flemish bond, rear in stretcher bond; timber doorcase, shopfronts and cornice; hipped roof, tile at front, pantile at rear, with brick stacks and gabled dormers with 2-light Yorkshire sashes. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, cellars and attics; 6-window front to Minster Gates; 3-window front to Minster Yard. Nos 3 and 5 have paired shopfronts of sunk-panel pilasters with plain fascia and cornice: doors are half glazed and flush panelled with overlights; windows are plate glass over louvred risers. Shopfronts to Nos 7 and 9, returned on Minster Yard front, are shallow square bay windows with pent roofs and small-paned lights or large-pane lower replacements, over boarded risers: doors are glazed and panelled, with small-pane overlights. First floor windows are five 16-pane sashes, and one 12-pane sash with wrought-iron anthemion window guard: on second floor, five 12-pane sashes, one 16-pane sash. All have narrow painted sills and flat arches of gauged brick, obscured on second floor by prominent moulded cornice. 5-course raised brick second floor band returns on Minster Yard front. Minster Yard front has doorcase of pilasters with moulded imposts and cornice, and door of 6 raised and fielded panels with divided overlight: 12-pane sash window to left. First floor windows are 16-pane sashes, second floor 12-pane sashes, two blind. Cornice returns from Minster Gates front. INTERIOR: Nos 7 and 9 retain cast-iron range with basket grate in plain fireplace with moulded shelf on ground floor. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 161).

Listing NGR: SE6030852122