10 Minster Yard is an historic building in the city of

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...

, England. A

Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

, 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. Hi ...

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 John Fountayne (1714–1802) was a Church of England clergyman and the longest serving Dean of York. Life Fountayne was the younger of two sons of John Fountayne. He was raised at Melton Hall, in High Melton, the family seat which he inhe ...

. 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 eastern 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

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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 {{Yorkshire-struct-stub