HOBS STONE AT NGR SE 589 504
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1256501
Date first listed: 19-Aug-1971
Statutory Address: HOBS STONE AT NGR SE 589 504, TADCASTER ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: HOBS STONE AT NGR SE 589 504, TADCASTER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: York (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference: SE 58914 50417
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
YORK
SE55SE TADCASTER ROAD
1112-1/1/1053 (West side (off))
19/08/71 Hob's Stone at NGR SE 589 504
II
Coffin lid, later re-set in upright position. Probably early
C14, with adjacent basin stone possibly C17 and with C18
inscription. Limestone. Upright stone approximately 0.4 metres
by 0.5 metres and 1.0 metres high. West face has weathered
effigy of a knight with a shield of arms. East face has C18
inscription, now worn and illegible. On the east side is a
flat stone, with an upper face approximately 0.6 metres square
with a shallow basin cut into it. Reputed to have been used
for disinfecting money when the plague was in York.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York:
RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 58).
Listing NGR: SE5891450417
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 464853
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
An Inventory of the City of York III South West, (1972), 58
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing