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Merchant Adventurers' Hall
The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is a medieval guildhall in the city of York, England. It is a Grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument.
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Electric Cinema, York
The Electric Cinema was the first purpose-built cinema in the city of York, in England. It is a Grade II listed building.
Early films were screened in various temporary locations in York, and in 1908, the New Street Wesleyan Chapel was converted into the Hippodrome Cinema. In 1911, National Electric Theatres constructed the Electric Cinema as the first purpose-built cinema in the city, lying on Fossgate, in the city centre. In 1951, the cinema was renamed the Scala, but it closed in 1957.
The empty cinema was purchased by Macdonalds furniture shop, which already occupied the building next door. The shop closed in 2016, and the following year, it reopened as the Cosy Club restaurant and bar.
The oldest part of the building is the boundary wall at the rear, the base of which is mediaeval, with later additions, and was originally part of the wall of the York Carmelite Friary. In front of it is a late-19th-century building, which has been fully incorporated into the main, front, part of the building, which dates from 1911. The front to Fossgate is covered in glazed tiles and faience, and takes the form of a large arch, supported on columns. Inside, various plaster mouldings from the cinema survive, as does the decorated panelled ceiling.
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Dorothy Wilson's Hospital
Dorothy Wilson's Hospital is a historic almshouse in the city centre of York, in England.
Dorothy Wilson, who died in 1717, left money for the establishment of an almshouse for ten poor women, and a school for twenty poor boys. This was set up in 1719, in her former house, on Walmgate, by the River Foss. The building was replaced in 1765, and rebuilt again in 1812, reusing some materials. In 1810, a schoolmaster's house was built behind the property. The school operated until 1895. In 1958, the building was modified to offer two-room flats, and it continues to operate as an almshouse. The building was grade II listed in 1954. In 2011, the charity operating it merged with the Ellen Wilson Hospital Charity, to form the Ellen and Dorothy Wilson Almshouse Charity.
The three-storey building is constructed of brick, and is five bays wide. An inscription above the door marks the rebuilding of 1812, while an inscription at second floor level commemorates the original establishment of the institution. The staircase has been rebuilt, but incorporates balusters from the original stairs. Several original doors to rooms and cupboards survive. In general, the building is plain and undecorated inside. The York Georgian Society describes it as "notable for its fine brickwork and elegant details such as chamfered quoins, arcaded arches, and a majestic cornice". The schoolmaster's house is of two storeys, with a central porch.
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15 and 16 Fossgate
15 and 16 Fossgate is a historic building in the city centre of York, in England.
The building was constructed as a house, in about 1600. It is timber framed and both of the upper floors are jettied to the Fossgate front. It was originally just one room deep, with a staircase behind, but in the late 17th century, a brick wing was added at the rear. This has a times served as a separate tenement, known as "Morrell Yard". They are accessed through a passage on the left side of the ground floor, which has a door with a late-17th century hood. Inside the building, some timber framing is visible on the ground floor, and there is a rebuilt brick fireplace.
The building was grade II listed in 1954. It currently houses a shop.