River House, York
River House is a historic building in the city centre of York, in England.
The building was constructed in 1868, as the Yorkshire Club. The Yorkshire Club had been founded in 1839, at 5 St Leonard's Place, and grew by absorbing the Yorkshire Union Hunt Club in 1856. With its larger membership, it decided to move to bigger, purpose-built premises, on a prominent site on the south side of Museum Street, next to Lendal Bridge. The site enabled it to have a private waterfront area on the River Ouse, which is now the Lendal Boatyard. Inside, there was a dining room, bar, billiards room, studies and bedrooms.[1]
The club closed some time after World War II, and was converted to offices.[1] It was Grade II listed in 1971.[2] By 1980, it housed Savills estate agents. From the early 2000s, Pizza Express occupied half the building. It was refurbished in 2017.[1][3]
The building was designed by Charles Jocelyn Parnell and it is built of brick, with stone dressings and quoins, and granite columns. It has a basement, two main storeys, and attics. The central part of the building is three bays wide, with single-bay wings either side. On the Museum Street front, a portico fills the space between the wings, with a balcony above, and a projecting porch in the centre. The river front is of four bays, with the basement above ground, and a ground floor terrace supported by cast iron columns.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Newton, Grace (9 October 2019). "The fascinating past of the Pizza Express in York that was once a Victorian gentlemen's club". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ a b Historic England. "River House and attached area walls and railings (1257074)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Brooks, Claire (28 October 2019). "Time Travel: River House". York Local Link. Retrieved 30 November 2022.