10 Minster Yard is an historic building in the city of
York
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,
North Yorkshire
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, England. A
Grade II listed building, located at the corner of
Minster Gates
Minster Gates is a north–south running street in the city centre of York, England, connecting Minster Yard and High Petergate. All of its buildings are listed, many dating to the 18th century, although the street is significantly older.
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Minster Yard
Minster Yard is a street in the city centre of York, England. It runs along the southern, eastern and northeastern sides of York Minster, for which it is named.
History
The street may have originated as the courtyard of the headquarters buildi ...
, the building dates to around 1763.
It was part of the now-closed
Minster School, and was built as the home of dean
John Fountayne.
10 Minster ''Gates'' is located in the rear of the building.
It is almost a century older than the buildings behind it, numbers 2–8 Minster Gates, which are not on the same alignments as 10 Minster Yard and 10 and 10a Minster Gates.
File:Minster Gates 2023.jpg, This view shows how the more modern buildings on the northern side of Minster Gates are offset from 10 Minster Yard at the end
File:10 Minster Gates, York.jpg, 10 and 10a Minster Gates, in the rear of 10 Minster Yard
References
10
Houses in York
Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire
1763 establishments in England
Grade II listed buildings in York
Grade II listed houses
18th century in York
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