52, Skeldergate is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1977. Sawmill, gymnasium. 4 related planning applications.
52, Skeldergate
- WRENN ID
- haunted-roof-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1977
- Type
- Sawmill, gymnasium
- Address
- 52, Skeldergate, YO1 6DS
- OS grid reference
- SE 602 513
- Coordinates
- 53.95512, -1.08345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 52 Skeldergate is a sawmill and timber warehouse, now serving as a gymnasium. It was built in 1839 and later altered for John Henry Cattley. The building features pink mottled brick in Flemish bond, with ashlar dressings and a hipped roof made of Welsh slate, supported by wrought-iron corner brackets.
The exterior has a three-storey, five-bay front, with the end bays slightly projecting. The ground floor originally had an arcade of five round arches, which was formerly open; the end arches are now closed with panelled double doors, while the central arches are blocked by brick walling and feature 20th-century radial-glazed windows. There is a former lifting door in the centre of the first floor, situated between segment-arched windows, with semicircular blind recesses containing similar windows in the outer bays. On the second floor, there is another former lifting door in the centre, flanked by circular openings, and flat arched windows in the outer bays. The ground floor has an arcade impost band, a painted ashlar band on the first floor, and moulded ashlar sills for the openings in the outer bays of the first and second floors.
Inside, the ground floor is supported by two massive cylindrical brick piers. The roof is constructed with seven king-post trusses made of heavy scantling, featuring raking struts and a ridge beam.
Local climate
52, Skeldergate 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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