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Notable buildings on the street include 33 St Sepulchre Gate, an art deco shop and pub built about 1930, [7] and Danum House, a 5-storey office block and shop, built for the Doncaster Co-operative Society. [8] On St Sepulchre Street West is St James' Church, built in 1858. [9]
Town ward is a ward in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The ward contains 105 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward contains the central part of the town ...
Doncaster (/ ˈ d ɒ ŋ k ə s t ər,-k æ s-/ DONK-ə-stər, DONK-ast-ər) [3] [4] is a city in South Yorkshire, England. [5] Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield.
The Doncaster Co-operative Society merged into Co-operative Retail Services in 1969. [6] In the 1970s, the building was renamed "Danum House". [2] It was Grade II listed in 1997. [7] Around this time, the Co-operative store closed, and in 2000, T. J. Hughes moved into the building. [8]
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council describes the street as a "secondary retail area" with a "down at heel" appearance, [2] this often being ascribed to the Frenchgate Shopping Centre taking business away from less central areas of the town. [4] In 2020, the council made the street one-way, in an attempt to make it more pedestrian-friendly. [5]
On the south-west side of the street lie Lloyds Bank, built in 1912; [17] the early-19th century 52 High Street; [18] the mid-18th century 50 and 51 High Street; [19] the former TSB Bank, built about 1920; [20] the Grade I listed Doncaster Mansion House, completed in 1748; [21] the mid-18th century 44 High Street; [22] 43 High Street ...
According to the 2011 census, the population of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is 302,400. With approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the town of Doncaster itself contains around a third of the population of the entire borough. Around half of the borough's population reside within Doncaster's urban area (approximately 160,000).
The listed buildings in Doncaster are included in the following lists, divided by ward: Listed buildings in Doncaster (Balby South Ward) Listed buildings in Doncaster (Bentley Ward) Listed buildings in Doncaster (Bessacarr Ward) Listed buildings in Doncaster (Hexthorpe and Balby North Ward) Listed buildings in Doncaster (Town Ward)