6, Shambles is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. A Late C18 House. 1 related planning application.
6, Shambles
- WRENN ID
- riven-step-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6, Shambles, YO1 7LZ
- OS grid reference
- SE 604 519
- Coordinates
- 53.95966, -1.08014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 6 Shambles is a house dating from the late 18th century, with a 20th-century renovation and shopfront. It features grey-brown mottled brick in Flemish bond, a timber cornice, and a shopfront. The building has a hipped pantile roof with a brick stack.
The exterior is three stories high with a one-window front. The shopfront is framed by pilasters and has a plain frieze and cornice supported by bulbous brackets. To the right, there is a glazed and panelled door with a divided overlight, next to a small-pane shop window set over a brick riser. The first-floor window is a 16-pane sash, while the second floor has a squat 8-pane sash, both featuring painted sills and flat arches made of orange gauged brick. A moulded modillion eaves cornice with a fluted bowl rainwater head is located at the right end, and there is a two-course raised brick band at the second floor.
Inside, there is a close string staircase with a 'Chinese fret' balustrade and a ramped-up handrail that rises from the ground to the second floor. On the first floor, a blocked fireplace with a moulded frieze and cornice shelf remains. The second floor features a cast-iron Art Nouveau fireplace.
Local climate
6, Shambles receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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