Micklegate House

Last updated July 27, 2024

Micklegate House is a Grade I listed building in York, a city in England.

The house lies on Micklegate, in the city centre. It was completed by 1752, as a town house for John Bourchier of Beningbrough Hall. It is often said to have been designed by John Carr, a local architect, as it is similar to other designs by him, although there is no firm evidence of this attribution.^[1]

Bourchier died in 1759, and the house passed to his wife. When she died, in 1796, it was leased to James Walker, then to Joshua Crompton, who bought the freehold in 1815 and whose descendants lived in the property until 1896. The house was then used as business premises, and many of the fittings were sold, most of the best being moved to Treasurer's House.^[1]^[2]

The house is the largest on the street, three stories high and seven bays wide. The front is of red brick, with stone dressings, and the rear of pink brick. Some original sash windows survive, as do a fireplace and bread oven on the second floor. The hall retains rich decoration and a grand staircase to the first floor, and the dining room and library on the ground floor also retain some original fittings.^[1]^[3]

The house was listed in 1954, along with its railings and lamp brackets.^[3] The house was used by the University of York. In the 1960s it housed the Department of Mathematics, while from 1978-1996 it housed the Department of Archaeology before it moved to King's Manor.^[4]^[5] In 2015, it was converted into the Safestay hostel.^[6]

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References

1 2 3 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west. HMSO. 1972. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (2nd ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 225. ISBN 0-14-071061-2.
1 2 Historic England. "Micklegate House and attached railings and lamp brackets (1257285)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 June 2021.
↑ "the 1960s". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
↑ "History of the Department". University of York. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
↑ Rix, Juliet (26 May 2015). "Safestay, York: a very spirited place to stay" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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[inventory-1] 1 2 3 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west. HMSO. 1972. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[2] Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (2nd ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 225. ISBN 0-14-071061-2.

[historic-3] 1 2 Historic England. "Micklegate House and attached railings and lamp brackets (1257285)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[4] "the 1960s". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[5] "History of the Department". University of York. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[6] Rix, Juliet (26 May 2015). "Safestay, York: a very spirited place to stay" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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