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City Walls Experience at Micklegate Bar
The City Walls Experience at Micklegate Bar was located in the southern gatehouse of the historical city walls of York, England. It was operated by the Jorvik Group (part of York Archaeological Trust) and used maps, display screens and video presentations to tell the story of the fortifications surrounding the city. It closed in 2024.
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Windmill Inn
The Windmill Inn is a pub on Blossom Street, immediately west of the city centre of York, in England.
The oldest part of the pub is on the corner of Blossom Street and Queen Street, although until 1911 another building separated it from Queen Street. Dating from the late-17th century, it was constructed as two cottages and was probably part of reconstruction in the area following the Siege of York. This section is brick built, but with timber framed internal partitions. It contains early chimney breasts and a mid-18th century staircase, and the bay windows at the front date from 1785 or earlier, though they have been heavily altered.
The building is first recorded as the "Windmill Inn" in a deed of 1735. At the time, it was owned by the Lee family, who had previously leased a windmill near the top of The Mount. Soon after the purchase, it was extended south along Blossom Street, and then in 1820 a further extension was added to the south, incorporating a carriage arch into the hotel's yard. A stable range was also added, behind the main range. In about 1890, the building was extended to the west, along Queen Street, with the extension incorporating parts of a mid-18th century building including its staircase, and doors dating to about 1840.
When the inn was sold in 1867, it was advertised as one of the oldest in the city, and having stabling for 65 horses, with a total value of £800. Trade increased with the opening of York railway station nearby, and in 1893 it sold for £3,750, including a neighbouring brewhouse. By 1902, it had 21 bedrooms available, and it began catering to cyclists and motor car drivers.
Legend holds that the pub is haunted by the ghost of a girl who was run over by a brewer's cart, and also by an ostler. A mysterious cold mist has been said to have been experienced. The York Press has listed the pub as one of the five most haunted in the city.
As of 2022, the pub is owned by Greene King. Since 1968, the building has been grade II listed.
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The Priory, York
The Priory is a pub on Micklegate, in the city centre of York, in England.
The building originated as four tenements in a row of seven, constructed in the mid-14th century, probably before 1369. From this period survives the jettying at the front, crown post roof trusses, and wattle and daub walls at attic level. The section now forming the pub had attics added in the 17th century, at which time a rear wing was added to what became 103 Micklegate. That tenement was refaced in brick in the following century.
In the 19th century, shop fronts were inserted at ground-floor level, which largely survive, and 99 and 101 were combined into a single shop. 103 was created from two of the original tenements, and by 1818 it was the Coach and Horses pub. In the early-20th century, the freehold of the pub became owned by Richard Pickard's Charity, and they sold it in 1945 to Joshua Tetley's & Son brewery. The following year, they also purchased 99 and 101 Micklegate, and expanded the pub into them.
The rear wall of 99 and 101 was rebuilt in brick in 1958. The remainder of the tenements were demolished in 1961. In 1968, the building was Grade II listed. The pub was later renamed as The Coach, then the Phalanx and Firkin, and in 2003 as The Priory, after Micklegate Priory, the gateway to which neighboured the building.
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85–89 Micklegate
85–89 Micklegate is a Grade II* listed mediaeval building in the city centre of York, England.
The building was constructed in about 1500, in the grounds of Micklegate Priory and facing onto Micklegate, one of the main streets in York. The building does not appear on John Speed's generally accurate map of the city in 1610, which has led to an argument that it was constructed after this date; but stylistic features, such as the double-jettying on the front and the crown post roof, point to an earlier date, and Speed's omission may have been in order to show the buildings associated with the priory more clearly.
It is likely that the building was constructed to be rented out and provide more income for the priory. Its division into three properties is original, and originally each property had a single room on each of the three floors. Stairs appear to have originally been in annexes at the back of the buildings, but about 1600 a wing was added at the back of No. 89, while in the 18th century one was added to No. 87. Around 1660, the building was rendered to improve its weatherproofing. From at least the early 18th century, the properties were occupied by butchers. The current ground floor shop windows are Victorian.
The building was listed in 1954, but by 1967 it was in poor condition. It was restored by the Ings Property Company, the process including the removal of the external rendering, and it is now owned by the York Conservation Trust. The ground floor is used by shops, with apartments above.
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Blossom Street
Blossom Street is a road in York, in England, immediately west of the city centre.