The Oldest Chemist Shop in England
THE OLDEST CHEMIST SHOP IN ENGLAND, 16, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1315616
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Oldest Chemist Shop in England
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLDEST CHEMIST SHOP IN ENGLAND, 16, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1315616
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Oldest Chemist Shop in England
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLDEST CHEMIST SHOP IN ENGLAND, 16, MARKET 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:
- THE OLDEST CHEMIST SHOP IN ENGLAND, 16, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Knaresborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 35037 57030
Details
SE 3557 KNARESBOROUGH MARKET PLACE (north-east side)
7/185 No 16 (The Oldest Chemist Shop in England) 5.2.52 GV II
Shop. C17 with C18 and later alterations. Timber-framed with brick facade, Flemish bond, pantile roof. 2 storeys with attics, 2 gabled bays. Central glazed doors flanked by shop bay windows with glazing bars supported on wooden posts with geometric design openwork panels. First floor: 2 wide tripartite sashes with central lights of 16 panes and margin lights one pane wide under flat brick arches. Attic storey: left - small 4-pane sash in flush frame; right - square panel painted in imitation. Interior: the building has been examined and recorded by members of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Buildings Study Group. The surviving timber frame included posts, partitions, and ceiling beams to ground and first floors, and principal rafters, tie beams and purlins of roof structure. C17 stairs and panelling, with C18 shop fittings and cupboards also remain on ground floor. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group. Report Number 262 (1977). Interior not inspected at resurvey.
Listing NGR: SE3502857046
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330856
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report in Report Number 262, (1977)
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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