10 Precentor's Court Explained

10 Precentor's Court
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Address:10 Precentor's Court
Location Town:York, North Yorkshire
Location Country:England
Coordinates:53.9629°N -1.0842°W
Completion Date:Early 18th century

10 Precentor's Court is an historic building in the English city of York, North Yorkshire.

The building is a Grade II* listed structure, standing on Precentor's Court. It stands perpendicular to Fenton House at the western end of the street.

Parts of the house date to the 15th century: stone walls on three sides of the building, and in the entrance hall, the arch of a fireplace. The remainder of that house was demolished in the early 18th century, when the present building was constructed, with a new brick facade facing Precentor's Court. The building was altered internally in the mid-19th century, when a bay was added to the rear. In about 1900, the north-west wing of the house was entirely rebuilt, and the roof of the building was raised, adding an attic.[1]

Inside the house, in the ground floor study, there are 16th-century beams, 17th-century panelling, and an 18th-century fireplace. The staircase is early-18th century but has been rebuilt, while the north-east bedroom has an 18th-century fireplace, moved from elsewhere.

The gates and railings in front of the house are Grade II listed.

Reverend George Addleshaw (1906–1982)[2] lived at the property in 1952.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol5/pp199-212 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central, pp. 199–212
  2. http://www.anglicanlibrary.org/addleshaw/index.htm "G.W.O (George William Outram) Addleshaw (1906-1982)"
  3. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Historical Society (1952), p. 187