Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to Old Station Forecourt
GATES, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS TO OLD STATION FORECOURT, TOFT GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256408
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to Old Station Forecourt
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS TO OLD STATION FORECOURT, TOFT GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256408
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Mar-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to Old Station Forecourt
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATES, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS TO OLD STATION FORECOURT, TOFT GREEN
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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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
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, GATE PIERS AND RAILINGS TO OLD STATION FORECOURT, TOFT GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- York (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 59855 51682
Details
YORK
SE5951NE TOFT GREEN 1112-1/15/1132 (North West side) 20/12/74 Gates, gate piers and railings to Old Station forecourt (Formerly Listed as: TOFT GREEN Railings to forecourt of south-east front of York Old Station)
GV II
Carriage gates and gate piers to north-east side of Old Station (qv) forecourt and railings bounding forecourt to north-east and south-east. c1850. Designed by GT Andrews for the York and North Midland Railway Company; manufactured by the Walker Foundry. Gates and railings of cast-iron; gate piers of ashlar. Gate piers are rectangular on plan with moulded cornices beneath shallow pyramidal caps, one surmounted by foliate gas light standard with crossbar. Double gates of turned railings with leaf bud tips, and bands of rosettes forming middle and top rails. Turned railings with spear tips, on low stone plinth. (City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 57; York Historian: Malden J: The Walker Ironfoundry, York, c.1825-1923: York: 1976-: 43).
Listing NGR: SE5985551682
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 464940
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
An Inventory of the City of York III South West, (1972), 57
Malden, J, York Historian in The Walker Iron Foundry York Circa 1825-1923, (1976), 43
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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