Greengate, Whitby
| Greengate | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2010 | |
.svg.png)  Location within North Yorkshire | |
General information | |
| Location | Grape Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 54°29′12″N 0°36′44″W / 54.4868°N 0.6121°W |
| Year built | Late 18th century |
| Renovated | 1960s (restored) |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | 19, Grape Lane |
| Designated | 23 February 1954 |
| Reference no. | 1204530 |
Greengate is a historic building on Grape Lane in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, England.
The house was built at what is now 19 Grape Lane in the late 18th century.[1] The neighbouring building became the bank of Simpson, Chapman & Co in 1785, and 19 Grape Lane became a solicitors' office, which may have been linked to the bank by a connecting door. The bank was secured by a green gate, and hence was nicknamed the "Green Gate Bank".[2] In the 1960s, 19 Grape Lane was purchased by Peter and Barbara Gross, who restored it.[3] They found a safe on the premises and mistakenly thought that it was the old bank. As a result, they renamed it "Greengate".[4] The house has been Grade II* listed since 1954.[1]
The house has a ground floor in rusticated stone, and above it is in brick and surrounded by fluted ionic pilasters and an entablature. There are four storeys and a basement, and three bays. On the ground floor are three double-hung sash windows with triple keystones, and these are flanked by round-arched doorways with blank radiating spiked fanlights. The upper floors have sash windows with sill bands, a cornice, a parapet with open panels, and an octagonal lantern. At the rear is a doorway with an ornamental semicircular fanlight, a tall bottle window, and sash windows. Inside, there is panelling throughout the house and the original staircase survives. The 18th-century safe is in the first floor front room.[1][5]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Historic England. "19, Grape Lane (Grade II) (1204530)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Whitworth, Alan (2012). A History of Whitby and Its Place Names. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445632216.
- ↑ "Obituary: Peter Michael Gross". The Scarborough News. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ Waters, Colin (2011). A History of Whitby and Its Place Names. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445624662.
- ↑ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.