Forecourt Walls, Railings, Gate and Gate Piers at York House Malton, England
Listed Building Data
Forecourt Walls, Railings, Gate and Gate Piers at York House has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1202749
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 29 September 1951
- Name
- FORECOURT WALLS, RAILINGS, GATE AND GATE PIERS AT YORK HOUSE
- Location
- FORECOURT WALLS, RAILINGS, GATE AND GATE PIERS AT YORK HOUSE, YORKERSGATE
- Parish
- Malton
- District
- Ryedale
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Grid Reference
- SE 78520 71585
- Easting
- 478520.0000
- Northing
- 471585.0000
Listed Building Description
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MALTON
SE780715 YORKERSGATE 801-1/8/184 (South side) 29/09/51 Forecourt walls, railings, gate and gate piers at York House (Formerly Listed as: YORKERSGATE (South side) No.41 including gate piers and railings)
GV II*
Wall and railings, gate and gate piers. Early C18; railings c1970, reproducing original railings of same design. For Sir William Strickland. Wall and gate piers of ashlar; wrought iron gate, railings and overthrow. Wall approx 0.5m high, with cambered coping, terminated at each end by square pier, with moulded cornice and pyramidal cap. Gate piers are square on plan with rebated angles, of banded rustication, with moulded cornices, stepped caps and ball and pedestal finials, the ball enclosed in band of vermiculated rustication. Pedestrian gate and screen of rinceaux, scrolls and reversed wheatear drops, and alternately twisted and wavy finials. Railings similar, between square section open-work columns with twisted finials. Overthrow of intertwined foliage encloses 'WS' monogram and the motto 'VINCE MALUM BONO', motto of the Eure family. Wrought ironwork probably symbolises the marriage between Sir William Strickland and Elizabeth Palmes, daughter of Mary Palmes, nee Eure.
Listing NGR: SE7852071585
