The Swan, York
Listed pub in York, England
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The Swan is a Grade II listed historic pub on Bishopgate Street in the suburb of Clementhorpe, immediately south-west of the city centre of York, England.[1]
| The Swan | |
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The pub in 2023 | |
 Interactive map of the The Swan area | |
General information | |
| Type | Public house |
| Location | 16 Bishopgate Street, Clementhorpe, York, England |
| Coordinates | 53°57′09″N 1°05′02″W |
Completed | 1861 |
| Renovated | 1936 (remodelled) |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | The Swan public house |
| Designated | 14 April 2010 |
| Reference no. | 1393749 |
| Renovating team | |
| Architects | Kitson, Parish, Ledgard and Pyman |
It was built as a beerhouse and grocery in 1861, at the end of a terrace on the northern extension of Bishopthorpe Road. In 1899, it was purchased by the brewery Joshua Tetley's & Son, which in 1936 decided to remodel it. The redesign was carried out by the Leeds architecture firm Kitson, Parish, Ledgard and Pyman, and survives largely intact.[1][2]
The layout centres on a large drinking lobby, with two rooms leading off it: the public bar at the front and the grander smoke room at the rear. Each has a hatch for bar service. There is also a hatch from the servery to Clementhorpe, formerly used for take-out sales but now disused. At the rear are stairs up to first-floor accommodation and down to the cellar.[1][2]
Surviving features from the 1936 redesign include fitted seating, a terrazzo floor, bell pushes and toilets. The pub was designated a Tetley's heritage pub in 1985 and was listed in 2010 following a campaign by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which describes it "one of the best preserved interiors of its kind in the country".[2]
In 2009, CAMRA named The Swan its York Pub of the Year.[3] By 2017, it was owned by Punch Taverns, and that year the landlord used the Pubs Code Regulations 2016 to move from being a tied house to operating on a market-rent-only basis.[4] In 2020, the pub was one of 14 in the city to appear in the Good Beer Guide.[5]
See also
- The Black Swan, York, a pub on Peasholme Green in York city centre
- Listed buildings in York (outside the city walls, southern part)
