(Former) Probate Office, Duncombe Place, York. Designed by Sir Henry Tanner (1849-1913). 1885. Described in the listing text as being of "Ashlar and rusticated stone," and as having a "plain tile roof with terracotta cresting, terracotta and stone finials, and stone stacks."
Tanner was a pupil of Anthony Salvin. He spent much of his career with H. M. Office of Works, rising from assistant surveyor in 1871 to chief architect in 1898. When he left the Office of Works in 1913, he worked briefly in partnership with his son, also called Henry (1876-1947). This is an example of one of his prominent public buildings, adjacent on one side to the Masonic Hall on Duncombe Place, and a key government building in a key position.
Photographs by Rita Wood, and text by Wood and Jacqueline Banerjee. You may use the photographs without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one. [Click on the images to enlarge them.]
Related Material
Bibliography
Crown Buildings. British Listed Buildings. Web. 7 June 2021.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, and David Neave. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002 (see p. 216).
"(Sir) Henry Tanner." DSA (Dictionary of Scottish Architects). Web. 7 June 2021.
Created 8 June 2021