Purey-Cust Lodge boundary wall is an historic structure in the English city of

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. A

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, it dates to 1845. Originally the lodge, walls and gateways to the stone yard of

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, since around 1916 it has functioned as the entrance and boundary wall of

Purey-Cust Lodge Purey-Cust Lodge is an historic building in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. Now Grade II listed, it dates to 1845. Prior to this date, it was the stone yard for York Minster. The building is named for Arthur Purey-Cust, who se ...

. The height of the wall varies from around in its main section, up to around at the rear of the lodge and down to around for the section that runs along

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. There are three gates, two of which feature nail-studded boarded gates; the third is an iron gate providing access to lodge's driveway. This gate is flanked by the coats of arms of St Peter and the Deanery of York. To the right of the iron gate, the wall is habitable. It features windows, at two levels, of single or paired square-headed lights with diamond lattice glazing. On the garden side, the lodge is of two low storeys. The ground-floor windows include one- and two-light small- and large-pane casements, as well as a 2x2 and a 2x6-pane Yorkshire sash. On the first floor, there are three 2x2s. The interior of the walls has not been inspected. File:Purey-Cust Lodge boundary wall (interior).jpg, Windows on the interior of the wall to the right of the main gate File:Precentor's Court, York (geograph 5435316).jpg, The wall forms the northern side of most of Precentor's Court File:Purey-Cust gate.jpg, Gate into Purey-Cust Lodge from Precentor's Court

Composition

Per

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, the wall is composed of orange-brown and orange-grey brick "in various bonds", as well as magnesian limestone ashlar. The pent

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roof has brick stacks. The side of the wall facing

is rendered and incised, while the interior side is orange brick in an English garden-wall bond. The copings are moulded stone or pantile.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Purey-Cust Lodge walls Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire 19th-century establishments in England Grade II listed buildings in York 19th century in York