Walkergate House
Walkergate House is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.
The house was built around 1775, probably to a design by William Middleton.[1] The design of the house has similarities with the earlier Norwood House. Late in the 18th century, the first theatre performances in the town were held in a building on Walkergate, probably Walkergate House. From 1855, it was the home of William Crosskill, owner of a metalworking firm who became mayor of Beverley. In 1924, it was converted into an almshouse, but it was requisitioned in 1944 and later passed to the local council, which used it as a register office.[2][3] In 2025, it was sold by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[4] The building has been grade II listed since 1950.[5]
The house is built of red brick on a stone plinth, with a sill band, a painted ogee bracketed eaves cornice, and a tile roof. It has three storeys and is five bays wide. Steps with iron rails lead up to the central doorway that has an architrave, chambranles, a fanlight, a frieze with a central tablet, decorated consoles, and a dentilled pediment. The windows are sashes with flat brick gauged arches. Inside, the drawing room is decorated in the style of Robert Adam.[5][1]
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References
- 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
- ↑ Harvey, Lorna Jane (2019). Beverley in 50 Buildings. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445690520.
- ↑ Wood, Alexandra (17 August 2022). "Weddings at Beverley register office set to move to library as part of £3m plan". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Gerrard, Joe (21 March 2024). "Nuclear shelter and other East Yorkshire buildings to be sold". BBC News. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- 1 2 Historic England. "Walkergate House, Beverley (1317700)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2026.