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Latitude: 54.0091 / 54°0'32"N
Longitude: -1.4681 / 1°28'5"W
OS Eastings: 434955
OS Northings: 457144
OS Grid: SE349571
Mapcode National: GBR LQ52.YL
Mapcode Global: WHD9L.FH4C
Plus Code: 9C6W2G5J+MQ
Entry Name: 72, 74, 76, 78, High Street
Listing Date: 12 October 1979
Last Amended: 12 December 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1293772
English Heritage Legacy ID: 330807
ID on this website: 101293772
Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Town: Harrogate
Civil Parish: Knaresborough
Built-Up Area: Knaresborough
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Knaresborough
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
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SE 3457 KNARESBOROUGH HIGH STREET
(north side)
6/138 Nos 72, 74, 76 and 78
12.10.79 (Nos 72 to 76 formerly listed)
GV II
Row of 4 houses, now shops. Early C17, refronted mid C18. Timber,
limestone rubble, Westmorland slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 first-floor windows.
No 72: half-glazed panelled door to left, 6-pane bow window to right, 4-pane
sash with stone lintel above. No 74: half-glazed door to right, 6-pane bow
window to left, 4-pane sash with stone lintel above. No 76: glazed door to
right, slightly bowed 6-pane window to left, canted bay window with 4-pane
sash above. No 78: C20 shop front of central door flanked by plate-glass
windows. 2 small sashes above. Continuous sill band to first-floor
windows, broken by bay window of no 76. Eaves of nos 72, 74 and 76 raised.
Roof hipped on right, brick end stack to right and ridge stack above
entrance to no 76. Interior: timber framing of the front and rear walls
survives, with alterations to openings. Principal posts with straight
braces support roof trusses with curved struts and side-purlins. The roof
is composed of common rafters. Nos 72 - 76 were examined by the North
Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group. No 78 was
examined at resurvey, when timbering was found on the first floor. A survey
made in 1611 refers to 4 burgages on this site, 2½ built and l½ unbuilt.
North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group. Report No
251 (1977).
Listing NGR: SE3495557144
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