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'''Precentor's Court''' is an historic street in the English city of [[York]].
It is a [[cul-de-sac]], running northwest from [[High Petergate]] at the western end of [[York Minster]], in front of which the road apexes.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol5/plate-8 View from the east, with High Petergate on the left] – [[British History Online]]</ref> A [[snickelway]], known as The frontages on High Petergate were developed with commercial properties for letting. A new lane, today's Precentor's Court, was developed, dividing these commercial properties from the canons' residences to the rear.<ref name=jones/>
Around 1540, the marble and stone bases of two shrines in the Minster were dismantled and buried in what is now Precentor's Court. One was later exhumed during construction work<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8726000/8726512.stm "York saint's shrine on show for first time in 400 years"] – BBC News, 7 June 2010</ref> and is now preserved in the [[Yorkshire Museum]].<ref>''York: Art, Architecture and Archaeology'', Sarah Brown, Sarah Rees Jones, Tim Ayers (2021), p. 264 {{isbn|9781000399738}}</ref>
The street was home to St Stephen's [[orphanage]]
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File:Precentor's Court from Minster Yard 2023.jpg|Looking west down the street from in front of number 1. The southern wall of Purey-Cust Lodge (right) is the only building on the northern side of the street
File:Purey-Cust gate.jpg|Gate into Purey-Cust Lodge from Precentor's Court
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==Notable residents==
In 1763, artist [[Nathan Drake (artist)|Nathan Drake]] married and moved his painting room from Colliergate to Precentor's Court, where he remained for the rest of his life.<ref>[https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18385287.new-terrace-walk-york-1733-56-nathan-drake/ "The New Terrace Walk, York, 1733-56, by Nathan Drake"] – ''[[The Press (York)|The Press]]'', 18 April 2020</ref> It was there that his two sons were born: [[Nathan Drake (essayist and physician)|Nathan]] (1766–1836), a physician and essayist, and Richard (b. 1767), a surgeon.{{sfn|Ingamells|2004}}
[[Peter Gibson (glazier)|Peter Gibson]], a glazier who worked on all of the Minster's [[stained-glass window]]s, lived
== Buildings ==
▲The street was home to St Stephen's [[orphanage]] in the 1870s.<ref>''Historic England: York. Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England'', Paul Chrystal (2017) {{isbn|9781445675299}}</ref><ref>[https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17982031.york-old-photos-new-book-old-york/ "York in old photos, from new book Old York"] – ''The Press'', 21 October 2019</ref>
=== Fenton House ===
{{main|Fenton House, York}}
Formerly the [[prebendal]] house of Cave and, later, Fenton,<ref name=bho/> Fenton House, at 9 Precentor's Court, is a Grade II* [[listed building]] dating to
In 2013, the eight-bedroom home was put on the market for £1.1 million.<ref name=press2013>[https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10329155.11m-york-home-with-out-of-this-world-views/ "£1.1m York home with out-of-this-world views"] – ''The Press'', 3 April 2013</ref>
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Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Precentor's Court, in addition to Fenton House, ordered from east to west. All are listed buildings at [[Historic England]].
▲Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Precentor's Court, ordered from east to west. All are listed buildings at [[Historic England]]. Four are Grade II*; two are Grade II.<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/sitesearch?searchType=site&search=precentor%27s+court Precentor's Court] – [[Historic England]]</ref> Each building is on the southern side of the street, except Fenton House (which faces the street from its western end) and number 10 (which is around the corner at the same end). The southern wall of Purey Cust Lodge, a Grade II listed building,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1257883|desc=Purey Cust Lodge, attached walls and gateways|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref> occupies the northern section of the western end of the street. A group of buildings on the northern side were demolished in 1913.<ref>[https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17686384.york-street-notorious-destitute-prostitutes/#gallery3 "This York street was notorious for its 'destitute prostitutes'. But where was it?"] – ''The Press'', 10 June 2019</ref>
*[[York Arms]], 1 Precentor's Court (north side) and 24–36 High Petergate (south) – Grade II; dating to 1838, incorporating an early-18th-century house at each end
*[[2, 3, 4 and 4a Precentor's Court]] – Grade II*; dating to around 1710<ref name=bho/>
*[[5 Precentor's Court]] – Grade II*; early 18th century with later alteration and extension
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File:1 Precentor’s Court 2023.jpg|Number 1
File:2 Precentors Court.jpg|Number 2
File:3, 4 and 4a Precentors Court.jpg|Numbers 3, 4 and 4a
File:5 Precentors Court.jpg|Number 5
File:6 and 7 Precentor's Court
File:10 Precentor's Court
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*{{cite encyclopedia|last=Ingamells |first=John |chapter=Drake, Nathan (1726–1778)|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/65542}}
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