Gates, Walls and Railings to Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior Wall Bounding Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior
GATES, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO FORMER CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR, BISHOPHILL SENIOR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259553
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Walls and Railings to Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior Wall Bounding Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO FORMER CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR, BISHOPHILL SENIOR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259553
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Walls and Railings to Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior Wall Bounding Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATES, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO FORMER CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR, BISHOPHILL SENIOR
- Statutory Address 2:
- WALL BOUNDING FORMER CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR, CARR LANE
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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:
- GATES, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO FORMER CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR, BISHOPHILL SENIOR
- Statutory Address:
- WALL BOUNDING FORMER CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR, CARR LANE
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 60129 51408
Details
YORK
SE6051SW BISHOPHILL SENIOR
1112-1/21/40 (North East side)
Gates, walls and railings to former
churchyard of St Mary Bishophill
Senior
II
Includes: Wall bounding former churchyard of St Mary
Bishophill Senior CARR LANE.
Walls and railings, with gates and gate piers, bounding former
churchyard of St Mary's Church, Bishophill Senior, to
south-east and south-west (church now demolished). c1860,
incorporating sections of earlier wall. Railings probably from
the Walker Foundry. Walls of coursed dressed stone
incorporating stretch of brick wall; ashlar gate piers;
cast-iron gates and railings.
Carriage gate piers octagonal on plan, with stepped polygonal
caps above moulded cornice; foot gate piers square on plan,
caps lost. Double carriage gates of railings with fleur-de-lys
finials and bands of quatrefoil castings; single pedestrian
gate similar. Walls varying from approximately 1.0 to 1.75
metres in height, with sloped coping, raked-up on south-east
side. Standards octagonal on plan with tapering finials, and
diagonally set railings, with alternating pointed and
fleur-de-lys finials.
The church of St Mary Bishophill Senior was demolished in
1963. In 1859-60, it was restored by JB and W Atkinson, with
whom William Walker frequently worked. Similar gates and
cast-iron piers were ordered from William Walker by the Little
Blake Street Improvement Committee in 1863. Wall to south-east
thought to incorporate remains of wall to possible Saxon
burial ground.
(Pace GG: Bishophill: York: York: 1974-: 6-7; City of York:
RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 35-36; York
Historian: Malden J: The Walker Ironfoundry, York,
c.1825-1923: York: 1976-: 37).
Listing NGR: SE6012951408
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 462797
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
An Inventory of the City of York III South West, (1972), 35-36
Pace, G G, York, (1974), 6-7
Malden, J, York Historian in The Walker Iron Foundry York Circa 1825-1923, (1976), 37
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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