5 Minster Yard is a

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building in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. The building is wholly timber-framed and is located with its south side facing

Minster Yard Minster Yard is a street in the city centre of York, England. It runs along the southern, eastern and northeastern sides of York Minster, for which it is named. History The street may have originated as the courtyard of the headquarters buildi ...

. It originated as part of a two-storey row of tenements, built about 1300, the row also having included what is now 2

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. From this period survive parts of some roof trusses and a rafter. The main range may have been rebuilt in about 1500. In about 1600, a large chimney stack was added, with a new staircase to its north, and a two-storey wing was added on the north side of the building. The building was heavily altered in 1891, with its south wall rebuilt in stone, including a prominent

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. The west gable end was also rebuilt on a new alignment, and a third storey was added to the eastern half of the building. Internally, an entrance hall was created, and a new staircase added, reusing

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s from about 1700. The western first floor room has a fireplace surround and panelling dating from about 1600, and the eastern ground and first floor also have wooden panelling. The building was listed in 1954, along with its garden railings and gate posts.

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5 Houses in North Yorkshire Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire 13th-century establishments in England Grade II* listed buildings in York Grade II* listed houses 13th century in York Timber framed buildings in Yorkshire {{Yorkshire-struct-stub