Doncaster Buildings Timeline

The Mansion House – Foundation Stone Laid 1745

The Mansion House – Foundation Stone Laid   1745

This Grade I Listed Building (the highest) was designed in 1744 in the Palladian style by James Paine at an estimated cost of £4,523. 4s. 6d. However,…

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Salutation Inn 1778

Salutation Inn 1778

This dates from about 1778 and is sited on the Great North Road, it was an important racing and coaching inn. Notice the tall arched…

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Blundells 1796

Blundells 1796

2 houses and part of 43 Princes Street, built in 1796. It has bow windows extending through three floors, an ornate doorway with urns and…

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United Reform Church 1804

United Reform Church  1804

The United Reform Church dates back to 1804 with later 1876 alterations.

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Pillar Houses 1804

Pillar Houses  1804

The Pillar House is a distinctive Georgian building with a raised ground floor forming a colonnade. it was originally three houses. The building was designed…

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TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE REGISTRY OFFICE. 1805

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE REGISTRY OFFICE. 1805

Parkinson’s Opens 1817

Parkinson’s Opens 1817

The building at 50/51 High Street dates back to at least 1775, when it was the home of a draper. In May 1817 Samuel Parkinson…

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Subscription Betting Rooms 1826

Subscription Betting Rooms   1826

The Subscription Rooms were originally built as Betting Rooms for the gentry, in connection with the races. The Doncaster Gazette of 25 August 1826 declared…

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CHRIST CHURCH 1827

CHRIST CHURCH 1827

The Christ Church story begins in 1821, when John Jarratt, a local businessman, donated money for the building of a new parish church. Doncaster’s population…

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PRIORY PLACE 1830

PRIORY PLACE  1830

PRIORY PLACE METHODIST CHURCH 1832

PRIORY PLACE METHODIST CHURCH 1832

At one end of Priory Place and on Printing Office Street is the Priory Methodist Church, designed by William Hurst in 1830 to 1832, and together form…

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Guildhall 1847

Guildhall  1847

CORN MARKET 1847

CORN MARKET  1847

Guildhall damaged by Storm 1853

Guildhall damaged by Storm   1853

ST GEORGE’S CHURCH BURNS DOWN 1853

ST GEORGE’S CHURCH BURNS DOWN  1853

The CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE  was destroyed by a fire in 1853.

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ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH REBUILT

ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH REBUILT

The Corn Exchange & Concert Hall 1870

The Corn Exchange & Concert Hall 1870

The foundation stone for the Corn Exchange in Doncaster was laid in 1870 and combines Victorian classical architecture with a dome reminiscent of that on the Crystal…

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Grand Theatre 1882

Grand Theatre 1882

It was originally built in 1882, when Station Road was laid through, as a one story building housing a circus hall conveniently located next to…

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BARCLAYS BANK 1885

BARCLAYS BANK 1885

The first of the joint stock banks to become established in Doncaster was the Yorkshire District Banking Co. which opened a branch in the Magdalens…

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HSBC 1887

HSBC  1887

It started life as the York City and County Savings Bank in 1897. It is built in Portland stone in a restrained English Baroque style. It was…

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New Clock Corner 1893

New Clock Corner 1893

After the demolition of the old Clock Corner, this became the new corner building, owned by the widowed Mrs. E H Walker. As the site…

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LLOYDS BANK 1912

LLOYDS BANK  1912

In 1912 Lloyd’s Bank rebuilt 55 High Street, at one time the office of Robert Baxter, the solicitor to the Great Northern Railway Co. in…

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Georgian Tea Rooms 1976

Georgian Tea Rooms 1976

In 1960 Parkinson’s sold the premises and both shop and café closed. For 16 years the Doncaster Civic Trust fought to save it from demolition, eventually resulting…

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