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Subsciption Betting Rooms5/6 High StreetParkinsonsCorn Exchange & Concert HallThe LockwoodYorkshire Penny BankThe Pillar HouseDenison House6 Regent TerraceThe Clergy HouseRoman WallDanum EmporiumPriory Place ChurchDoncaster Gallery, Museum & LibraryChrist ChurchDoncaster Grammar SchoolNether HallAthron StreetHSBCDanum EmporiumDavid Bowie's father born here.

Subsciption Betting Rooms

Name: 43, HIGH STREET
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1314866

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Facade to former Subscription Rooms. 1826 by Woodhead and Hurst, rooms behind demolished c1970. Painted ashlar, concealed roof. Single bay, single tall storey. Distyle portico in antis with pair of central Ionic columns flanked by Tuscan antae. Plain entablature with moulded cornice. Parapet has moulded plinth and coping, and three rectangular panels, those to sides balustraded and that to centre with laurel leaf swag and drops hanging from moulded paterae. Above to centre anthemion acroteria on stepped base. 

5/6 High Street

Name: DOLLOND AND AITCHISON FARMHOUSE FROZEN FOODS
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1203768

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Two shops, formerly three shops. C17, with C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed, and brick, rendered and painted. Steeply pitched slate roof. Street front, formerly jettied, though now under built. To the right a late C20 shop front, to the left a passage entry and beyond a small early C20 shop front. Above to the right a pair of 2 light windows and above a single tall gabled dormer window with 3 light casement, to the left a large single glazing bar window rising into a tall gabled dormer. Interior: 

Parkinsons

Name: 50 AND 51, HIGH STREET
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1286532

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6/58 No 50 and 51(formerly listed as Parkinson's 12.6.50 Cafe)

GV II

House, now shop. Mid C18 with early C19 alterations. Painted brick with stone and gauged brick dressings, slate roof. Three storeys, 5 second-floor windows. Plinth. Good early C19 shop front across most of ground floor with wide small-paned bow windows on rendered plinths flanking central entrance. 

Corn Exchange & Concert Hall

Name: THE MARKET HALL, CORN EXCHANGE AND FISH MARKET
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II*
List UID: 1192688

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7/71 The Market Hall, Corn Exchange and 12.6.50 Fish Market

GV II*

Corn exchange and market buildings, now one market hall. 1847-9 by J Butterfield (architect to Doncaster Corporation) 1870-3 by William Watkins of Lincoln and 1930. Ashlar with some red sandstone dressings; slate and leaded roofs, partly glazed. Irregular plan, original 1849 market hall of two storey height with U plan, 1870 corn exchange placed within the U and projecting to front, again of two storey height but with taller roof. 1

The Lockwood

Name: 50, HALL GATE
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1286775

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/32 No 50

12.6.50

GV II

House, now offices. Late C18 or early C19 with minor later alterations. Stucco with stone dressings and slate roof. Three storeys and 5 bays. Plinth. Central semi-circular headed cavetto moulded doorcase with double panelled doors below traceried fanlight, set in wide panelled pilastered surround with plain entablature, moulded cornice and blocking course.

Yorkshire Penny Bank

Name: THE YORKSHIRE BANK
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1314903

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7/42 The Yorkshire Bank, No 16

GV II

Bank. 1841 by William Hurst with addition of 1906. Ashlar, tooled and with horizontal rustication to ground floor. Roof hidden. Original part of 3 storeys; set on corner site with Scot Lane, 3 bays to High Street, curved corner bay and single bay to Scot Lane. Two storey, 7 bay 1906 addition to Scot Lane. Plinth. Entrance to corner bay, double panelled doors below plain fanlight in semi-circular headed doorcase with radiating voussoirs, moulded keystone and impost band. 

The Pillar House

Name: 19, 20, 21 AND 21A, SOUTH PARADE
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1286363

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7/97 Nos 19, 20, 12.6.50 21 and 21a

GV ll Terrace of 4 houses, now offices. Late C18 with minor later alterations. Stucco with painted stone dressings and slate roof. Four storeys plus attics and with semi-basement ground floor. 5 bays, outer bays wider than those to centre. Symmetrical elevation. Ground and first floors have considerably recessed elevations with arcaded terraces to front.

Denison House

Name: 15, SOUTH PARADE
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1132887

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7/94 No 15

GV II

House, now offices. Late C18 with later additions and alterations. Stucco with painted stone dressings and slate roofs. Three storeys and five bays 1:3:1 with two storeys, 2 bay wing to left and single storey, single bay beyond and to far right. Plinth. Three central bays slightly advanced and pedimented, with four giant pilasters to first and second floors supporting entablature and pediment. Central Roman Doric porch over wide doorcase with moulded architrave and double leaf 6 raised and fielded panelled door below plain overlight. 

6 Regent Terrace

Name: NUMBERS 5, 6 AND 7 REGENT TERRACE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1314875

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8/18 Nos 5, 6 and 7 Regent Terrace and attached 23.4.81 railings (formerly listed as 3 separate items)

GV ll Terrace of three houses and attached railings, now offices. Early to mid C19 with minor later alterations. Ashlar, colourwashed to No 5, with graduated stone slate roofs, except to No 5 which has asbestos slate roof. Each house of three storeys on basement, Nos 5 and 6 each of two bays and No 7 to right of 4 bays. Each house has rusticated stonework to basement on plain plinth. Basement of Nos 5 and 6 each have a central tripartite bow window with sashes and 6-panelled door below plain overlight.

The Clergy House

Name: CLERGY HOUSE
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1286861

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3/7 Clergy House (formerly 18.4.69 listed under St George Yard)

GV II

House, now vicarage. 1786, built for Dr Miller (see source below) with later alterations and additions. Rendered stone with painted stone dressings and slate roof. Two storeys and attics, 4 bays by 2 bays. Main west front has off-centre pilastered doorcase with moulded pediment and panelled door below traceried fanlight. 12-pane sashes with projecting sills to ground and first floors, two to left of doorcase and one to right, four above. 

Roman Wall

Name: Wall of Roman fort
Designation Type: Scheduling
Grade: Not Applicable to this List Entry
List UID: 1004797

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Priory Place Church

Name: PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1151433

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6/76 Priory Methodist Church

GV II

Methodist church. 1832 by William Hurst, with minor later alterations. Painted ashlar and stucco with slate roof. Large galleried hall to rear of central. hallway with side staircases. Two storeys, 5 bays. Plinth. Horizontal rustication to ground floor, three central bays slightly advanced, taller central bay flanked by recessed, narrowr bays. Each bay has rusticated corner pilasters; frieze, with triglyphs over the pilasters; moulded cornice and blocking course; central bay with central anthemion.

Doncaster Gallery, Museum & Library

Opened in 2021.

Built on the site of the former Girls Technical High School, and incorporates the original frontage of the school built in 1910.

Christ Church

Name: CHRIST CHURCH
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II*
List UID: 1286309

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Church. 1827-9 by William Hurst, chancel enlarged by Scott in the 1850's and with minor later alterations. Commissioners Gothick in style. Limestone ashlar with slate roof and copper spire.

Doncaster Grammar School

Name: Hall Cross Comprehensive School
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1314551

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Grammar school, now comprehensive school of 1869 by George Gilbert Scott, extended in 1938 by Julian Leathart.

Reasons for Designation

* Architectural Interest: The 1869 school building is designed in the manner of a medieval guild hall, with a first-floor hall over an originally open ground floor, bestowing an appropriate appearance of long-standing for an institution originally founded in C14; * Architect: George Gilbert Scott was a nationally renowned architect, known particularly for his ecclesiastical work, but prodigious in many building types, including schools, of which he has a number of listed examples; *

Nether Hall

Name: NETHER HALL
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1192739

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3/73 Nether Hall

18.4.69 II

House, now offices. Early -mid C18, with early C19 alterations and large C20 additions. Stucco with painted ashlar dressings and graduated Westmorland slate roof. Originally L-plan, main range with central hallway entrance. Two storeys with attics, 5 bays 2:1:2, with 9 bay right return, C20 block to left of main facade of no special interest. 

Athron Street

HSBC

Name: MIDLAND BANK
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1151420

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6/39 No 1, Midland Bank

GV II

Bank. 1897, designed by Demaine and Brierley. Ashlar with slate roof and copper dome. Two storeys plus basement and attic storey. 6 bays to High Street elevation, angled corner bay, and 4 bay elevation to Baxter Gate. Rectangular on plan. Entrance to banking hall from corner bay, and entrance to offices on upper floors to right of High Street elevation. 

Danum Emporium

Name: CO-COPERATIVE EMPORIUM AND DANUM HOUSE
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1031509

1938-40. Designed by T H Johnson & Son for the Doncaster Co-operative Society Ltd. Steel framed with yellow brick and pale blue Vitriolite tile cladding. 5 storey. Central 5 storey block has brick cladding and lower 3 storey side wings have Vitriolite tile cladding.



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David Bowie's father born here.