York Gate, London
{{short description|Entrance to Regent's Park}}
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File:York Gate, Regent's Park and Mary-le-bone Church - Shepherd, Metropolitan Improvements (1828), p191.jpg, 1828, by Thomas H. Shepherd]]
York Gate is an entrance to Regent's Park, London, designed by John Nash in 1822.{{cite web |title=6, YORK GATE NW1, 1-18, YORK TERRACE EAST NW1, 1-18, REGENT'S PARK NW1, 1-18, OUTER CIRCLE NW1 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1066044?fbclid=IwAR3qA-bFAMuhrH5dscEMi6b2Mhz-ZvIyug4L2aePaG44VEubqpFbzj4LTns |website=Historic England |access-date=13 February 2021}} It separates the east and west parts of York Terrace. It was designed as five separate houses.{{cite web |last1=Snowman |first1=Janet |title=A Brief History of 1-5 York Gate |url=https://www.ram.ac.uk/public/uploads/documents/7dbb00_a-brief-history-of-1-5-york-gate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014159/https://www.ram.ac.uk/public/uploads/documents/7dbb00_a-brief-history-of-1-5-york-gate.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2019 |website=www.ram.ac.uk |publisher=Royal Academy of Music |access-date=3 February 2019}}
1-5 York Gate
In 1998, 1-5 York Gate was acquired by the Royal Academy of Music thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Past residents have included Francis Palgrave, William Charles Macready, and Stephen William Silver.{{cite web |last1=Durrant |first1=Chris |title=The Silvers of S. W. Silver & Co. |url=http://www.durrant.id.au/hack/SILVER.pdf |website=The Durrant Family Website |access-date=1 February 2019}} Silver developed what became known as the York Gate Library while a resident there. This consisted of over 5,000 volumes and was subsequently bought by the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
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Category:John Nash (architect) buildings
Category:Regency architecture in Westminster