Structural issues discovered at centuries-old York building
A centuries-old York building which is one of very few of its kind left in the UK is in need of repairs.
Works proposed at St Anthony’s Hall, in Peaseholme Green, include fitting wrought iron straps to its timber-framed roof and repairing a crack in one of its walls.
York Conservation Trust’s plans stated the works were needed following the discovery of minor structural defects in the Grade-I listed building which dates back to the 1400s.
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St Anthony’s Hall is currently home to The Quilter’s Guild which occupies its ground floor.
Trinity Church meets on its first floor.
It was first built as an ashlar and timber-framed religious guildhall in the mid-15th Century before being remodelled in 1655.
The building went on to be used as a prison, workhouse, hospital and armoury.
It was also the site of York’s Blue Coats School which was founded in 1705 and closed in 1947.
Plans lodged with City of York Council would see wrought iron straps fitted to wooden beams in the roof of the building’s first floor hall.
St Anthony’s Hall in York. Image: planning documents
A crack in the north eastern external wall is also set to be repaired.
Plans stated the proposed conservation-led works had been sensitively designed to preserve the building’s historical and architectural interest.
They said: “The site exhibits very high value as a rare surviving example of a late medieval religious guildhall.
“Although one of four guildhalls remaining in York, it is one of the very few surviving examples in the UK of these underexplored religous-cum-public buildings.
“As one of York’s four surviving medieval guildhalls, the site also has communal value as an example of the rich and complex religious and civic heritage of the city.
“Later converted to numerous civic uses, the site demonstrates how medieval religious guild buildings were adapted and repurposed following the Reformation.”
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