Toft Green Chambers, houses nos 3 and 5 (now offices), by George Townsend Andrews (1804-1855), c. 1841-45 (PPIY Architects have the earlier date). These too were built for the York and North Midland Railway Company, and are Grade II listed. They have a basement level and three storeys, across five bays. The listing text describes them as having "pink-cream mottled brick in Flemish bond, with ashlar doorcases" at the front, and "side walls of red-grey brick in English bond." Many other details given in the listing text contribute to their pleasant appearance, for example: "timber eaves cornice. Single brick stack in centre of slate roof.... At each end of front, doorcase of pilasters with moulded imposts and entablature, and 4-panel door beneath divided overlight.... Bold eaves cornice ... carried on shaped brackets and returns across side walls forming cornice to pedimented gable ends."
It is very pleasing to read that PPIY Architects, mentioned above, have restored not only the exterior, but the surviving original features, "including two intact range cookers and most of the folding timber shutters to the windows." This was a project funded by Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust, and was shortlisted for two different awards (the RHT Award of 2015 and York Design Award of 2016).
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Links to Related Material
- The former station of 1841
- The former Station Hotel of 1853
- Building near the goods station for the York and North Midland Railway Company, also designed by Andrews
Bibliography
Pevsner, Nikolaus, and David Neave. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002.
"Toft Green Chambers, York." PPIY Architects. Web. 15 February 2023.
Created 15 February 2023