Eastern garden wall to York House, Yorkersgate
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220709
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Eastern garden wall to York House, Yorkersgate
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- Date:
- 2001-02-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/03466/29
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220709
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1993
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Sept-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Eastern garden wall to York House, Yorkersgate
- Location Description:
- Garden wall extending southwards from the south east corner of York House, Yorkersgate, extending to the river.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Malton
- National Grid Reference:
- SE7853971538
Summary
Garden boundary wall of C17 origins, associated with the Grade II* listed York House.
Reasons for Designation
The late C17 garden wall is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* History: for marking the eastern boundary of a C17 garden, the ramping of the wall line forming a design component of the garden;
* Group Value: with the Grade II* listed York House along with the other associated listed structures within the gardens.
History
The wall marks the eastern boundary of the garden to York House (see NHLE 1290865) which is thought to have been laid out for Sir William Strickland sometime after his marriage in 1684, although the wall line itself is thought to preserve an earlier (possibly medieval) plot boundary. Part of the wall is shown in the 1728 painting of Malton by Settrington (although mainly obscured by other buildings it does appear to show the ramping up of the wall top close to the house) and is also depicted on Dickinson's map of 1730 extending between York House and the river. The fabric of the wall indicates that it has been extensively repaired and rebuilt in the later C18, C19 and more recently, with most of the earlier walling being towards the northern end of the wall, north of the lower terrace wall (see NHLE 1282011) and being similar in construction to the another garden wall to the west (see NHLE 1220777). In 2012 the wall line was breached with the construction of a service road for the Talbot Hotel.
Details
Garden wall, late C17 origins with later repairs and rebuildings.
MATERIALS
Hildenley limestone small squared blocks laid to courses that are not horizontal, but follow the lie of the hillside. Flat coping stones. Later rebuilding mainly Hildenley stone but includes brick, tile and modern materials.
DESCRIPTION
The wall is generally 2-3m high and is ramped up over the top terrace (see NHLE 1290844), mirrored by the later wall to the west (NHLE 1202752), and is stepped up elsewhere. Straight joints indicate at least four major episodes of rebuilding (mainly late C18 and C19) including the addition of buttresses. A large section close to the river (including a short diversion away from the original line) is C20, includes modern blockwork concealed by reused old masonry.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 389611
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Peter Goodchild, Some Historical Notes on York House, Malton, and its Garden and Grounds, 2011,
Colin Briden, The Talbot Hotel Malton North Yorkhire: An assessment of the gardens, 2011,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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