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Drift-In, Nessgate

Carboniferous Sandstone

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
Former Yorkshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank. Main building stone is fine-medium-grained yellow, slightly micaceous quartz-rich arenite blocks, some of which have been rusticated.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
York
Address
1-3, Nessgate YO1 9NP.
Building architect
J B & W Atkinson
Date of build
1839
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Description by Liam Herringshaw, with information from York Historic Environment Record and Historic England listing details.
Drift-In, Nessgate — Carboniferous Sandstone
Carboniferous Sandstone at Drift-In, Nessgate