River House, York
Introduction


[thumb\|right\|Museum Street facade of River House, in 2018](/wiki/File:Maison_River_York_3.jpg "Maison River York 3.jpg")
**River House** is a historic building in the city centre of [York](/wiki/York "York"), in England.

The building was constructed in 1868, as the Yorkshire Club. The Yorkshire Club had been founded in 1839, at 5 [St Leonard's Place](/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Place "St Leonard's Place"), and grew by absorbing the Yorkshire Union Hunt Club in 1856\. With its larger membership, it decided to move to bigger, purpose\-built premises, on a prominent site on the south side of [Museum Street](/wiki/Museum_Street_%28York%29 "Museum Street (York)"), next to [Lendal Bridge](/wiki/Lendal_Bridge "Lendal Bridge"). The site enabled it to have a private waterfront area on the [River Ouse](/wiki/River_Ouse%2C_Yorkshire "River Ouse, Yorkshire"), which is now the Lendal Boatyard. Inside, there was a dining room, bar, billiards room, studies and bedrooms.

[thumb\|right\|River facade of River House, in 2012](/wiki/File:Boat_yard%2C_York_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2993577.jpg "Boat yard, York - geograph.org.uk - 2993577.jpg")
The club closed some time after [World War II](/wiki/World_War_II "World War II"), and was converted to offices. It was [Grade II listed](/wiki/Grade_II_listed "Grade II listed") in 1971\. By 1980, it housed [Savills](/wiki/Savills "Savills") estate agents. From the early 2000s, [Pizza Express](/wiki/Pizza_Express "Pizza Express") occupied half the building. It was refurbished in 2017\.

The building was designed by Charles Jocelyn Parnell and it is built of brick, with stone dressings and [quoins](/wiki/Quoin "Quoin"), and granite columns. It has a basement, two main storeys, and attics. The central part of the building is three bays wide, with single\-bay wings either side. On the Museum Street front, a [portico](/wiki/Portico "Portico") fills the space between the wings, with a balcony above, and a projecting porch in the centre. The river front is of four bays, with the basement above ground, and a ground floor terrace supported by cast iron columns.


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