York pub in historic building set to change colour in bold makeover
A prominent York pub is to get a bold new look, if plans are approved.
Pub group Mitchells & Butlers has applied to refurbish O’Neill’s, on Low Ousegate.
The Irish inspired venue is found in a four-storey Grade II listed former shop dating back to about 1810.
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It’s timber shop front and bay windows are the best heritage features.
Internally, the ground floor is much altered. Most of the rear and internal walls have been removed, as have most historic features. Interest, however, remains in:
The corridor that provides access to the rear yard
Surviving original structure, such as the entrance and staircase to the basement and upper floors.
The refurbishment includes redecorating the exterior in a new colour – turning it from black to green.
Planning documents state: “The shopfront will be repainted a Dulux dark green.
How it looks now… Photograph: YorkMix…and how it will look. Image: planning documents
“The building has changed in colour throughout the years (it was once a dark and light blue colour with white fenestration and features) and this change, from black to dark green, will have no impact on heritage significance.”
Floor tiles will be installed over the modern timber flooring. New booths would be created, and modern toilets, including an accessible WC, added.
The four-storey listed building. Photograph: YorkMix
There will also be “timber planting rafters suspended from ceiling on chains with conduit lighting”.
The changes “will maintain, and secure, the long-term future of the public house,” the application says.
