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Inside the building, there are brick-vaulted cellars. The south corner room on the ground floor has early panelling, and the first floor room above has an early fireplace, as does one attic room. The main staircase, and the surviving part of the back staircase above the first floor are also early.
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The building is constructed of brick, with the front and sides covered in Victorian render, with stone dressings, timber gutters, and a slate roof. The central entrance is up stone steps, with cast iron railings, and there is a 19th-century front door with a fanlight above. The front abuts the rear
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of 28 and 30 Coney Street, and although that building is 20th century, there has been a structure in that location since Judges Court was built. The windows are sashes, and mostly 19th century. At the rear, there is a spiral staircase, which leads down to the basement.
43:. It was built at the start of the 18th century, while some of the walls in the south corner may survive from an earlier structure. From 1720, it served as lodgings for judges presiding over Assize Courts in the city. In 1806, the judges were relocated to 58:
In the 2010s, the building was converted into a 15-bedroom hotel, with each room named after a judge who stayed in the building. It originally shared owners with the city's Churchill hotel. In 2023, it was put up for sale, for £3 million.
268: 214: 258: 149: 47:, and the house was let short-term to families visiting the city. In 1841, it became the ministers' house for the Wesleyan chapel on 121: 126: 175: 44: 263: 88: 253: 8: 48: 117: 52: 247: 229: 216: 90:
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York
Coney Street
Judges' Lodgings
New Street
Grade II* listed



An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central



Historic England
"JUDGES COURT AND ATTACHED FRONT STEPS AND RAILINGS (1257937)"
National Heritage List for England
"Judges Court, York - hotel review: A bit eccentric, but who's to judge?"
"Judges Court Hotel brought to market for £3m"
Official website
53°57′33″N 1°05′01″W / 53.95919°N 1.08352°W / 53.95919; -1.08352
Categories
Coney Street
Grade II* listed buildings in York
Hotels in York
18th-century establishments in England

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