Garden Wall extending south of the Talbot Hotel on the line of Malton's medieval town wall

GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO SOUTH OF THE TALBOT HOTEL, YORKERSGATE

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Garden wall of C17 origin, but marking the line of the medieval town wall. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1220777
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-1993
List Entry Name:: Garden Wall extending south of the Talbot Hotel on the line of Malton's medieval town wall
Statutory Address:: GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO SOUTH OF THE TALBOT HOTEL, YORKERSGATE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1220777
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-1993
Date of most recent amendment:: 05-Sep-2013
List Entry Name:: Garden Wall extending south of the Talbot Hotel on the line of Malton's medieval town wall
Location Description:: Garden wall extending for approximately 40m southwards from the Talbot Hotel
Statutory Address 1:: GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO SOUTH OF THE TALBOT HOTEL, YORKERSGATE

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO SOUTH OF THE TALBOT HOTEL, YORKERSGATE

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District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Malton
National Grid Reference:: SE7848271534

Summary

Garden wall of C17 origin, but marking the line of the medieval town wall.

Reasons for Designation

The late C17 garden wall is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Garden design: as structural components of a C17 garden design for York House; * Historical: as a marker for the line of the medieval town wall; * Group Value: with the Grade II* listed York House and Talbot Hotel along with the other associated listed garden structures.

History

The garden wall follows the line of Malton's medieval town wall, although the current structure is considered to have been originally built for Sir William Strickland in the late C17 as part of the gardens associated with York House (see NHLE 1290865). The wall is shown in the 1728 painting of Malton by Settrington and on the 1730 plan by Dickinson, the latter hinting that the gateway towards the centre of the wall was present by this time as well as the eastwards kink towards the south end of the wall. An illustration with a closer perspective dated to 1827 shows the wall as having a ramped top matching that of the eastern wall to the garden for York House (NHLE 1220709). By 1739 the Wentworth family had acquired both York House and the former Strickland Hunting Lodge which was then converted into an inn or hotel. This catered for the gentry and acted as a social hub for Malton's horse racing and breeding scene, becoming known as The Talbot Hotel (see NHLE 1202751). The southern section of the garden wall was largely rebuilt in 2002 following storm damage.

Details

Garden wall, late C17.

MATERIALS Hildenley limestone squared, pulvinated rubble laid to courses that are not horizontal, but follow the lie of the hillside. Flat coping stones.

DESCRIPTION The wall is generally just over 2m high and runs north south for about 40m. The north end of the wall is now incorporated into a basement passage beneath the Talbot Hotel (q.v.) and abuts the east end of the high terrace wall (see NHLE 1290839). Towards the centre of the wall there is a square headed pedestrian gateway with a plain rendered surround that links to a short flight of steps onto a low terrace on the eastern side of the wall. This terrace, which appears on the Dickinson plan of 1730, continues the general line of the lower terrace (see NHLE 1282011) to the rear of York House (q.v.). At the southern end of the wall, the wall line kinks slightly westwards (as shown on the 1730 plan) just before ending about 50m from the river, the boundary continuing as a hedge line. Evidence that the wall line originally continued is inconclusive.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 389620
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Other
Colin Briden, The Talbot Hotel Malton North Yorkhire: An assessment of the gardens, 2011,
Peter Goodchild, Some Historical Notes on York House, Malton, and its Garden and Grounds, 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.