The Mansion House – Foundation Stone Laid 1745
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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,…
Read moreTheatre Royal/Royal Opera House 1775
Originally built as the Theatre Royal, it reopened in 1896 as Doncaster’s historic Royal Opera House. This famous theatre, located in the market place, witnessed…
Read moreSalutation Inn 1778
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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…
Read moreBlundells 1796
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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…
Read moreUnited Reform Church 1804
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The United Reform Church dates back to 1804 with later 1876 alterations.
Read morePillar Houses 1804
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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…
Read moreTOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE REGISTRY OFFICE. 1805
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Parkinson’s Opens 1817
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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…
Read moreSubscription Betting Rooms 1826
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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…
Read moreCHRIST CHURCH 1827
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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…
Read morePRIORY PLACE 1830
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PRIORY PLACE METHODIST CHURCH 1832
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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…
Read moreClock built and corner rounded. 1838
The building at the corner of Baxter gate and French Gate had originally been constructed in the eighteenth century. In 1837 it was altered by…
Read moreGuildhall 1847
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CORN MARKET 1847
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ST GEORGE’S CHURCH BURNS DOWN 1853
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The CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE was destroyed by a fire in 1853.
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The Corn Exchange & Concert Hall 1870
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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…
Read moreGrand Theatre 1882
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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…
Read moreBARCLAYS BANK 1885
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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…
Read moreHSBC 1887
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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…
Read moreNew Clock Corner 1893
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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…
Read moreLLOYDS BANK 1912
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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…
Read moreGeorgian Tea Rooms 1976
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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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