Banqueting Hall Adjoining East Side Of Gatehouse

SE 5737 CAWOOD THORPE LANE (west side)

9/25 Banqueting Hall adjoining east side of Gatehouse (qv) 17.11.66 (formerly listed with Gatehouse and No 2 Thorpe Lane (qv) as Cawood Castle)

GV I

Banqueting hall. cl426/51 with later rebuilding to upper part of south side. Dark pink brick with magnesian limestone dressings to original openings and swept pantile roof. Upper-floor hall. 2 storeys, 8 bays. North front: partly obscured by later structures. From left, bays 3 to 7 visible: 4-centred doorway and blocked single cusped light, flat-arched window under drip mould; remains of similar blocked window; later cart entrance; a further original window and later blocked round-arched entrance; blocked original window. Each bay articulated by buttresses with set-offs rising through one and a half storeys. To first floor similar blocked window to each bay. To rear (south) blind ground floor with later openings to first and seventh bays and cart entrance to fourth bay. Ground floor projects slightly and has moulded brick and magnesian limestone band at first floor level. Each bay articulated by buttresses with set-offs, that to fifth bay removed to make way for later addition, now demolished. First floor: bays 1 to 6 have blocked original windows under continuous drip mould. Windows to fourth and fifth bays have iron glazing bars. Roof pitch made less steep. Interior: originally floored, now open to roof. Blocked first floor doorway to west end, first floor fireplace at south-east corner. Arch brace collar and tie beam roof with 2 levels of purlins. 'North Yorkshire County Council, County Planning Department, Historical Account'.

Listing NGR: SE5740937687