Forecourt walls, piers, gates and railings to the front York House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Forecourt wall.
Forecourt walls, piers, gates and railings to the front York House
- WRENN ID
- twisted-vault-weasel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Forecourt wall
- Address
- Forecourt walls, piers, gates and railings to the front York House, Gate and Gate Piers at York House, Yorkersgate, Malton
- OS grid reference
- SE 785 715
- Coordinates
- 54.13418, -0.79984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls, piers, gates, and railings at the front of York House date from the late 17th century, with 20th-century replacement railings.
The boundary wall stands about 0.5 meters high and features a cambered coping. It is finished at each corner with a square pier that has a moulded cornice and a pyramidal cap. The gate piers are taller and square in shape, with rebated angles and banded rustication, topped with moulded cornices, stepped caps, and ball and pedestal finials. The balls are surrounded by a band of vermiculated rustication. The central pedestrian gate is highly decorative, adorned with rinceaux, scrolls, and reversed wheatear drops, and is topped with alternately twisted and wavy finials. Above the gate is an overthrow that is similarly decorated, featuring intertwined foliage that encloses a 'WS' monogram and the motto 'VINCE MALUM BONO'. The railings on either side of the gateway are similar in style but include a square section open-work column with twisted finials at the center of each side. The railings on the side returns that connect to the house are of a much simpler design, likely modern.
Local climate
Forecourt walls, piers, gates and railings to the front York House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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