Opposite my hotel in York, are a couple of attractive buildings.According to Wikipedia, Mill House is a former grain mill which is now the headquarters for the police in York. There's no obvious signs of it's current use, other than a couple of Police vans parked outside at all hours.
Next door is The Whippet Inn, which is Grade II listed and dates back to 1896. It used to be called The Yorkshire Tavern, The Other Tap and Spile and the Yorkshire Huzzars. The entrance to the back yard (and possibly stables?) is shown on the first large-scale map of the city in 1852.
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Mill House, North Street was never a mill. It was built as the Ebor Works for the Varvill family in the 19th century to replace buildings demolished to allow construction of railway coal staiths north of the city walls (these staiths, in turn, were removed when the current station was constructed). It was an iron works and hand tool making factory. After the failure of the Varvill business, it became a printing works for William sessions until they relocated out of the city centre in 1920. It seems then to have become part of the large Co-op store that ran the length of Railway Street and backed on to the works. The police occupy one sute in the building-their HQ is elsewhere.
Thanks David. A more fascinating history than I expected. Really appreciate you posting this.
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