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painting. Externally, the central section of the facade is timber-framed with a jettied first floor, dating from 1560. To its right is a brick and timber extension from 1670, and to the left, an extension built in 1940, with a wing of 1670 behind.
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by an underground passage. The pub is also said to be haunted by several ghosts. Since 1978, it has hosted a folk music club, and since 2003, an annual folk festival. In 2009, it was voted Folk Club of the Year at the
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In the late-18th century, the house was converted into a pub, although much of its interior survives intact from the 1670 alterations, particularly in the entrance hall, the Smoke Room, and a room upstairs with a
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By the 1930s, the pub was owned by the Tadcaster Tower brewery, which undertook a major renovation intended to preserve the building's historical character. The pub later came into the ownership of
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made substantial alterations, rebuilding parts in brick, and altering the interior. Early in the 18th-century, the house was owned by
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One tradition claims that the Black Swan is linked to
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York
Coordinates
53°57′36″N 1°04′32″W / 53.96013°N 1.07566°W / 53.96013; -1.07566
Listed Building
1256886
http://www.blackswanyork.com/
public house
York
Peasholme Green
Lord Mayors of York
Martin Bowes
Henry Thompson
Edward Thompson

trompe l'oeil
Bass
grade II* listed
St Cuthbert's Church
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
The Swan, York
Old White Swan


"Black Swan"



Historic England
"THE BLACK SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE (1256886)"

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