Purey-Cust Lodge boundary wall

Purey-Cust Lodge boundary wall is an historic structure in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. A Grade II listed building, it dates to 1845. Originally the lodge, walls and gateways to the stone yard of York Minster, since around 1916 it has functioned as the entrance and boundary wall of Purey-Cust Lodge. The height of the wall varies from around 6 metres (20 ft) in its main section, up to around 8.5 metres (28 ft) at the rear of the lodge and down to around 4.5 metres (15 ft) for the section that runs along Precentor's Court. There are three gates, two of which feature nail-studded boarded gates; the third is an iron gate providing access to lodge's driveway. This gate is flanked by the coats of arms of St Peter and the Deanery of York. To the right of the iron gate, the wall is habitable. It features windows, at two levels, of single or paired square-headed lights with diamond lattice glazing. On the garden side, the lodge is of two low storeys. The ground-floor windows include one- and two-light small- and large-pane casements, as well as a 2x2 and a 2x6-pane Yorkshire sash. On the first floor, there are three 2x2s. The interior of the walls has not been inspected.

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Precentor's Court

Precentor's Court is a historic street in the English city of York. Although certainly in existence by 1313, the street does not appear on a map until 1610, and it is not given a name (Precentor's Lane) until 1722. It was given its current name exactly a century later. It is a cul-de-sac, running northwest from High Petergate at the western end of York Minster, in front of which the road apexes. A snickelway, known as Little Peculiar Lane, cuts through to the street, at its western end, from High Petergate. The frontages on High Petergate were developed with commercial properties for letting. A new lane, today's Precentor's Court, was developed, dividing these commercial properties from the canons' residences to the rear. Around 1540, the marble and stone bases of two shrines in the Minster were dismantled and buried in what is now Precentor's Court. One was later exhumed during construction work and is now preserved in the Yorkshire Museum. The street was home to St Stephen's orphanage from 1870 to 1872, when it moved to Trinity Lane.

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2, 3, 4 and 4a Precentor's Court

2, 3, 4, and 4a Precentor's Court is an historic row of three buildings in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. Grade II* listed and standing on Precentor's Court, the buildings date to around 1710. Police constable William Gladin was living at No. 2 in 1872, while cobbler William Bowes was at No. 3.

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5 Precentor's Court

5 Precentor's Court is a historic building in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. A Grade II* listed building, standing on Precentor's Court, it dates to the early 18th century. Architect Henry Cane was living at the property in 1872, while James Boyd, a licensed preacher in the diocese of York, lived there in the early 20th century.

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Purey-Cust Lodge

Purey-Cust Lodge is a historic building in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. Now Grade II listed, it dates to 1845. Prior to this date, it was the site of York Minster Stoneyard. The building is named for Arthur Purey-Cust, who served as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916. Its southern wall makes up part of the western end of Precentor's Court, a mediaeval cul-de-sac. At the eastern end of that street is the gate to and from the former gardens of the lodge. The gate used to open onto the minster stoneyard, in the shadow of York Minster.

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