Churchill Hotel, York

Today, it was possible to take a picture of this hotel without a plethora of cars obscuring the fine late Georgian architecture.

The location of this fine mansion is on the line of the main Roman approach to the city of York and Bootham Bar was one of the original Roman gateways into the city/fortress of Eboracum.

The house is of circa 1827 and appears on Robert Cooper’s plan of York 1832. The owner at that time being Mrs Barbara Ashton Nelson and the property is described as a ‘mansion and pleasure grounds’ in the first rate assessment in 1837.

The house passed between various private owners until 1875 when it was run as a ‘school for young ladies’ until 1879 by Misses Inchbold and it was known as Bootham House. In 1882 the property was sold to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary for the War Department. By 1886 Pigot’s directory shows that the neighbouring Grosvenor Terrace had been formed and that Major General F.A. Willis C.B. was in occupation of the house.

By 1892 the building was described as Government House and was occupied by Major General Charles Frederick T. Daniel C.B. One of many distinguished visitors was the Prince of Wales who stayed as a guest in July 1898 whilst visiting one of the many fayres held in the city of York.

The property remained in Government hands passing through various departments including the Command Pay Office, the Health Authority and Customs & Excise until in 1984 it was closed down.

In the spring of 1985 the new owners purchased the property and undertook extensive alterations and repairs to the building restoring it to it’s former glory. Initially The Churchill opened as a fourteen bedroom hotel then in 2006 a new chapter in the house’s history began with the complete refurbishment of the original building and a sympathetic extension being added resulting in a 32 bedroom luxury hotel and fine dining restaurant.

Katharine

[Judith Johnson]

A fine building and yes, the cars often do spoil the view.

[Graham Thresher]

A super capture

[Pyrrhula]

A great shot and an excellent history explanation of this beautiful building. I to try to avoid capture cars, special with old buildings/town shots. .

[*lynn]

pretty shot, great light and shadows

[Molly]

Lovely evening light and a fine house.

[julia]

Very 'Grand' looking building .... and lovely light

[Margaret Obey]

Love the shot and the background information

[gloria jones]

Great shot, light and history

[Tony]

Fantastic capture, magnificent building and wonderful history.

[Julia]

Lots of history!

[bkb in the city]

Great looking building

[Pete]

I've stayed here a couple of times when I've been sent to jobs in your neck of the woods. It makes a nice change to Premier Inns, which I could write a book on, as I've stayed in so many (37 last year!). The Churchill's a grand old place - good food, if I remember correctly!