16–22 Coney Street

Listed building in York, England August 2026 August 2026 16–22 Coney Street Maisons 18-22 Coney Street York 1.jpg The building in 2018 yes Coney Street, York, England 53.95925 -1.08398 dms type:landmark_region:GB inline,title 1500 18th century (altered)19th century (Nos. 20 and 22 extended)20th century (modernised, rear of No. 16 extended) 3 + attic yes Grade II* Listed Building 16–22, Coney Street 14 June 1954 1257978 y none 16–22 Coney Street is a historic terrace of shops in the city centre of York, England. The terrace was built in about 1500 as three timber-framed houses, with their gable ends facing onto Coney Street. In the 18th century, the windows were altered, and the front was plastered over. In the 19th century, a brick extension was added at the rear of Nos. 20 and 22. At that time, Nos. 16 and 18 were a well-known bookshop run by Henry Sotheran.An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central 1981 HMSO London https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol5/pp115-128 7 August 202016–22, Coney Street 1257978 II* 3 October 2022 In 1927, Nos. 16 and 18 were renovated, with the plaster removed, new windows added in a historic style, and an extension added at the rear. In 1954, the whole terrace was Grade II* listed. In 1960, they were renovated again, and modern-style windows put in. Inside, Nos. 16 and 18 have an early 19th-century staircase. No. 20 has many early 19th-century fittings and a fireplace surround from the second quarter of the 18th century. No. 22 has two early 17th-century doors. Its upper floors are accessed by a staircase in 24 Coney Street, which is 18th-century. The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley stayed in No. 20 briefly in Autumn 1811, alongside his first wife Harriet (née Westbrook) and friend Thomas Jefferson Hogg.Eagle Dorothy Carnell Hilary The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland Crescent Books 1985 1985 277 See also Yorkshire Grade II* listed buildings in the City of York Listed buildings in York (within the city walls, northern part) References Category:Coney Street Coney Street 16 Category:Timber framed buildings in Yorkshire