Spen Lane

Spen Lane is a street in the city centre of York, in England.

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York Unitarian Chapel

York Unitarian Chapel is a building on St. Saviourgate, York, England. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians. It is in the form of a Greek cross and was built in 1692 or earlier. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is thought to be the first brick building of any size in York with load-bearing brick walls. A major benefactor was Lady Sarah Hewley, a Protestant dissenter and widow of Sir John Hewley, MP. Lady Hewley also founded almshouses in Tanner Row in York, which were moved by the railway in 1839 to be the present Lady Hewley's Almshouses in St Saviourgate. There are also twelve almshouses known as Colton's Hospital in Shipton Street. The most famous minister of the Chapel was Charles Wellbeloved, who was at first assistant to the Rev. Newcome Cappe and then minister until his death in 1858. He was involved in saving the York city walls from being used to provide building materials, ended malpractices at York County Lunatic Asylum, founded the York Mechanics' Institute, wrote a guide to York Minster and initiated an appeal after a fire destroyed a Minster screen. He was Principal of Manchester College, one of the dissenting academies for training ministers and the higher education of lay students.

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20 St Andrewgate

20 St Andrewgate is a historic house in the city centre of York, in England. The house was built in about 1780. It shares similarities with other buildings by the architect Thomas Atkinson, and he is recorded as its first occupant. As a result, he is generally regarded as being the designer of the house. The house is large, with three storeys and a five bay front to St Andrewgate. However, it was built cheaply, using common brick, with limited decoration both internally and externally. It has its original doorcase, and the first floor window above has a decorative stucco surround. In the gable is a circular window, with a surround and festoons either side. Many of the windows are original, as are various fireplaces, and both the main and secondary staircases. In 1954, the building was Grade II* listed. In 1978, it was renovated, and converted into flats, with a new wing added at the rear.

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St Andrew's Church, York

St Andrew's Church is a Grade II* listed building on St Andrewgate in the city centre of York, England. A church of St Andrew was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and there is a definite mention of a church on the current site in 1194. It was always a small church, and from at least 1331 until 1443, it was dependent on St Martin, Coney Street. The oldest surviving part of the current building is the chancel, completed in 1392 by Hugh Grantham, while the nave was built in the 15th century. The church was closed in 1559, and in 1586, the parish was merged with that of St Saviour, St Saviourgate. The church building had a wide variety of uses over the next few centuries. At the start of the 18th century, it was claimed to be serving as both a stable and a brothel. From about 1730, it was St Peter's School, and then from 1823 it was the infant section of the school. By this time, the chancel was a ruin, but by 1850 it was rebuilt as a cottage. By 1956, the building had been converted back into a church, and since then, it has been used by an independent Christian Brethren congregation. Most of the medieval walls survive, consisting of a mixture of magnesian limestone, reused Roman gritstone blocks, and brick infill. The chancel has one original window, and the nave has two. The chancel arch survived, blocked, and there is the lowest stage of a wooden bell turret, now inside the roof.

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16–22 St Saviourgate

16–22 St Saviourgate is a historic terrace in the city centre of York, in England. The terrace of four houses was built in about 1740 on the south-east side of St Saviourgate. It was a high-status development, and was drawn by Nathaniel Buck in 1743, while an engraving of the terrace from 1745 also survives. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "handsome". The houses are of varying size: 18 and 22 are three bays wide at the front, 16 is four bays wide, and 20 is six bays wide. 18 and 20 have L-shaped floor plans, although one ground floor front room of 20 St Saviourgate has more recently been incorporated into number 18. The terrace was grade II* listed in 1954. The terrace is built of orange brick with a painted stone plinth, quoins, bands and dressings, and a timber cornice and doorcases. The roof has two peaks with a valley hidden by a parapet; the front part of the roof is tiled, and the rear has pantiles. The building is three storeys high with an attic, and has five doorways at the front, the rightmost leading to a through passage. The doors and doorcases are early and variously have columns or pilasters. Most of the windows are sashes, while the dormer windows in the attic are casements. The ground floor windows have shutters. Inside number 16, there is stone flagging in the entrance hall, and dado panelling. The front ground floor room has original panelling, fireplace, frieze and cupboard doors, and the first floor rooms also have original panelling and plasterwork. Number 18 retains its original staircase and has extensive original woodwork and plasterwork. Number 22 has original cornices in many rooms, and original fireplaces and cupboard doors in the second floor and attic front rooms.

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