Liquor Factory
LIQUOR FACTORY, BISHOPTHORPE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391641
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Liquor Factory
- Statutory Address:
- LIQUOR FACTORY, BISHOPTHORPE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391641
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Liquor Factory
- Statutory Address 1:
- LIQUOR FACTORY, BISHOPTHORPE ROAD
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:
- LIQUOR FACTORY, BISHOPTHORPE ROAD
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 59869 49828
Details
YORK
1112-1/0/10051 BISHOPTHORPE ROAD 04-MAR-05 York Liquor Factory
GV II Liquor store, now disused, built 1924-30 for Terry's of York by architects J G Davies and L E Wade. Red brick in English bond with sandstone ashlar dressings. Single storey, with raised entrances and a brick parapet concealing a concrete and asphalt flat roof. Frontage to entrance road: central double half-glazed wooden doors with overlights approached up flight of nine steps with brick walls and posts, one side demolished. Former basement windows now bricked up. Mullioned and transomed small-paned window to each side. Eaves strip in sandstone below parapet. Left return has two raised entrances up short flights of open steps, both having overlights. Additional larger entrance to ground level at left end of building. Four windows as at front, basement windows bricked up but two with sandstone lintels remaining. Further buildings added to rear, not of architectural or special interest. Interior: viewed through windows: now an empty space. HISTORY: Terry's of York began as a confectionary business owned by Bayldon and Berry in 1767 on a site near Bootham Bar. Joseph Terry, connected by marriage to Berry and trained as an apothecary, joined the firm, which moved in 1824 to St. Helen's Square. By 1830, Terry was the sole owner, and gradually developed the chocolate side of the business. New factory premises were built at Clementhorpe in 1862 to provide better transport links, but continued expansion led to the need for new premises which were built at Bishopthorpe Road. SUMMARY: This building is one of a group consisting of headquarters offices, factory, clocktower, Time Office block and liquor factory, which were all built at the same time. The complex is a strong group in architectural terms, presenting a unified style which reflects the strength and importance of the corporate image of Terry's chocolate firm. The buildings also have a strong historic interest, representing the most complete surviving expression of the importance of the confectionary business in York, and confirming, on a national scale, York's high status in this business. SOURCES: Colbeck, Maurice, 'Made in York', 1992, pp. 23-32. 'Terry's of York, 1767-1967', 1967, (Private Publication). 'C. M. W.', Journal of Jos. Rowntree, 1925 (pamphlet).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 493075
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colbeck, M, Made in York, (1992), 23-32
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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