R Yates And Sons

MALTON

SE780715 RAILWAY STREET 801-1/8/122 (East side) R Yates & Sons

GV II

Iron foundry, now engineering works. Mid C19, with later alteration. For R Yates and Sons Ltd. Pink and cream mottled brick in stretcher bond, with orange-red brick quoins and sandstone dressings; slate roof with coped gables. L-shaped on plan. 2-storey 5-bay range, with 3-bay crosswing gable at right end, on double chamfered plinth. Bays divided by pilasters on double chamfered bases. Central glazed doors, now disused, in 5-bay range, beneath semicircular brick quoined arch on moulded stone imposts, and coved hood. Tympanum contains wooden panels, with painted inscriptions: "R YATES & SONS LTD Established.1845" and "Ransomes Patent, Ploughs and Irons, Kept in Stock." Above arch, 2 keyed oculi flank stepped brick keyblock. Ground floor windows on each side are segment-headed with chamfered stone sills; and on first floor windows have square-arched quoined surrounds, over stone sillband. Broad stepped brick eaves cornice. Crosswing gable has round-arched entrance of 2 orders, with glazed doors and fanlight, between tall round-headed windows. Above door is 4-light window with single-pane sashes, flanked by keyed oculi. Stepped brick gable eaves band encloses painted panel with RY cipher between the words "EST.1845". Right return: 2-storeys-and-basement; 12-bay front. Bays divided by pilasters on basement plinth, with plain imposts and roundels in frieze blocks. Tall segment-arched doorway with steel double doors and double-transomed overlight towards right end. Basement openings are segment-arched. Ground- and first-floor windows are tripartite, those on ground floor with transoms, beneath cambered arches; some altered.

Listing NGR: SE7872571558