Dean Court Hotel (Part) And Attached Railings
DEAN COURT HOTEL (PART) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 1, 2 AND 3, DUNCOMBE PLACE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1257897
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jul-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Dean Court Hotel (Part) And Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- DEAN COURT HOTEL (PART) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 1, 2 AND 3, DUNCOMBE PLACE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-01-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/05017/08
- Rights:
- © Mr Arthur B. Bellwood. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1257897
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jul-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Dean Court Hotel (Part) And Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- DEAN COURT HOTEL (PART) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 1, 2 AND 3, DUNCOMBE PLACE
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
- Statutory Address:
- DEAN COURT HOTEL (PART) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 1, 2 AND 3, DUNCOMBE PLACE
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:
- SE6019052153
Details
SE6052SW
1112-1/27/299
01/07/68
YORK
DUNCOMBE PLACE
(North West side)
Nos.1, 2 AND 3
Dean Court Hotel (part) and attached railings
GV
II
Row of three houses, now part of hotel. c1864 with later
alteration. By Lewis Cubitt for the Dean and Chapter.
MATERIALS: orange brick in raking Flemish stretcher bond;
ashlar plinth and dado of coursed squared stone; ashlar
quoins, dressings and window surrounds. Oriel and bay windows
have stone slate roofs; main roof of Welsh slate with stone
copings and brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, basement and attics; 7 unequal bays to
Duncombe Place with eighth bay on corner; alternate bays are
wider, gabled and project: 2 bays to High Petergate. Basement
openings have lintels formed by stepped-up plinth. Entrance to
1 altered to 2-light window over basement doorway: entrances
to 2 and 3 have doors of 8 faceted panels beneath overlights
recessed in quoined porches with shouldered 2-centred heads:
all approached by steps. On each side of central doorway are
2-storey canted bays with windows of 6 mullioned and transomed
lights on both floors. Outer bays have paired 2-light
mullioned and transomed windows on ground floor; 4-light
oriels on first floor. Intermediate bays on first floor have
2- or 3-light mullioned and transomed windows beneath brick
relieving arches. Second floor windows are of paired
shouldered lights. Gabled attics have 2-light windows with
2-centred heads: bays between contain lozenge shaped lights
beneath triangular dormers. All windows are 1-pane sashes.
2-storey canted bay at corner has 3-light windows on ground
and first floors: window on second floor as those on main
front.
High Petergate front: ground floor to left is blind, beneath
extruded twin flue corbelled-out stack, arched at base over
reset bordered panel carved with the keys of St Peter. To
right are two 2-light windows on ground floor, one 3-light
window on first floor, both mullioned and transomed; on second
floor one 3-light window with shaped mullions and casements:
attic has gabled dormer with casement window of 2 pointed
lights. All mullions and transoms are chamfered with bold
stops. Moulded sill strings to ground and first floor windows
on both fronts.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings are horizontal on low
twisted standards, and have leaf tendrils in the spandrels.
Listing NGR: SE6019052153
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 463335
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 13:05:54.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.