17/29-31 Coney Street
From the An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central
(144) Houses, Nos. 29, 31, of three storeys and attics, were built in the late 16th or early 17th century as a three-bay timber-framed range parallel to the street. A large chimney against the rear wall may be contemporary or a little later; beside it, a staircase was added in the early 18th century and a brick extension behind may be of the same date. In the late 18th or early 19th century the original jettied upper floors of the front elevation were cut back and a new wall built in brick, which is now rendered and has several sash windows and modern shop fronts. Inside, the timber framing is mostly obscured but there are cased transverse and spine-beams on all floors; part of a beam exposed on the ground floor is chamfered, with run-out stops, and on the first floor of No. 29 beams have 17th-century plaster casings decorated with vine trails. There are few old fittings except, between the second floor and the attic, the remaining part of the early 18th-century stair; it has turned balusters on two flights and splat balusters on the third.
Behind No. 31 is an early 19th-century three-storey block, built of brick and with sash windows, forming a separate tenement known as No. 29a.
1823 Cooke Joseph, straw hat manufacturer and furrier,
1829 China, Glass & Earthenware Dealers, Brameld & Co
Turners in Wood Stead Peter Young
1840 Saddler Mason Ann,
Kay Joseph, soda water, &c. manufacturer; ct 17 Coney street
Stead Peter Young, ct 17 Coney st
Attorney Blanchard & Richardson, 17 Coney st
Insurance Country Fire & Provident Life, Blanchard & Richardson, ct 17 Coney st
1851 Saddler Mason Ann,
Listed on census *
John Patrick Saddler*
Triffitt John William, confectioner
Leeman, Wilkinson, and Leeman, solicitors
Ebor Building Society’s Offices; Agar Joseph, secretary
1870 Groves William trimming warehouse
1872 Trifitt John William, confectioner
Leeman, Wilkinson, and Leeman, solicitors
Ebor Building Socicty’s Offices; Agar Joseph, secretary
Groves William, trimming warehouse
1876 Howlden Mrs Ann Maria, Berlin wool repository
Leeman, Wilkinson, & Leeman, solicitors
Wilkinson Joseph, town clerk and clerk of the peace for the City; deputy clerk of the peace for the East Riding
Ebor Building Society’s offices -Secretary, Frederick James Broomhead
Triffitt John Wm., confectioner
1885 Triffitt Sarah Ann, Confectioner
1886 Triffitt Sarah Ann, confectioner
1889 Crummack, Samuel Geo, milliner
1893 Crummack Samuel George, fancy draper &c
1895 Siltberg Enoch, watch maker
1898 Siltberg, E., jeweller and diamond merchant
1900 Stanhope, E. S. & Co., jewellers and diamond merchants
1902 Stanhope, E. S. & Co., jewellers and diamond merchants
1905 Stanhope E. S. & Co. watchmakers &c
1913 Stanhope E. S. & Co. watch makers &c
1920 Stanhope, John Enoch
1921 Stanhope E. S. & Co. watch makers &c
1929 Barratt W, & Co. Ltd. boot wareho
