Sundial Approximately 40 Metres East of York Minster
SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES EAST OF YORK MINSTER, COLLEGE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259211
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Sundial Approximately 40 Metres East of York Minster
- Statutory Address:
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES EAST OF YORK MINSTER, COLLEGE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259211
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Mar-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Sundial Approximately 40 Metres East of York Minster
- Statutory Address 1:
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES EAST OF YORK MINSTER, COLLEGE GREEN
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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:
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES EAST OF YORK MINSTER, COLLEGE 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 60448 52168
Details
YORK
SE6052SW COLLEGE GREEN 1112-1/27/219 Sundial approximately 40m east of 24/06/83 York Minster (Formerly Listed as: COLLEGE GREEN Sundial in the centre of College Green)
GV II
Sundial. 1730, re-erected c1955. Stone with copper gnomen and lead straps. Circular on plan. Fluted Doric column surmounted by cubical sundial with cornice and ball and pedestal finial: approximately 3 metres high. Column encircled by flat seat carried on the back of 4 lions couchants. Sundial brought from Drakelowe Hall, Burton-on-Trent, by the Friends of York Minster, and re-erected as part of improvements to College Green. (26th Annual Report: Friends of York Minster: York: 1955-: 15).
Listing NGR: SE6044852168
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 463141
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Annual Report in Annual Report, (1955), 15
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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