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Merchant's Hall, Fossgate

England
List entry 1004888
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004888
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SE 60544 51708
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Merchant's Hall, Fossgate is a late medieval timber-framed building situated in York's historic city centre. Dating from the fifteenth century, it represents a substantial urban merchant residence characteristic of York's prosperous wool and cloth trade period. The structure retains significant original timber-framing and medieval architectural features that illustrate the domestic arrangements and building practices of late medieval mercantile households. The building's prominent location on Fossgate, one of York's principal medieval streets, reflects the importance and status of its original occupants within the city's commercial community.

Merchant's Hall, Fossgate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004888. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Merchant's Hall, Fossgate?

Merchant's Hall, Fossgate is a late medieval timber-framed building situated in York's historic city centre. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004888.

Who is responsible for protecting Merchant's Hall, Fossgate?

Merchant's Hall, Fossgate is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004888.

What other scheduled monuments are near Merchant's Hall, Fossgate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including South angle tower of Roman fortress (0.3 km), York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery (0.3 km), St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle (0.4 km).

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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

South angle tower of Roman fortress
0.3 km
York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
0.3 km
St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
0.4 km
City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
0.5 km
Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
0.8 km
Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
1.2 km
Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
1.6 km
Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
1.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Merchant's Hall, Fossgate

Merchant's Hall, Fossgate stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Merchant's Hall, Fossgate

YorkRoman town · ~0.3 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~15.4 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~7.4 milesBattle of Marston Moor 1644Battle (1644) · ~7.6 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~11.4 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~14.4 miles
Domesday entry for York, Devon →
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