| De Grey Rooms | |
|---|---|
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| Location | St Leonard's Place, York, England |
| Coordinates | 53°57′45″N1°05′07″W / 53.9624°N 1.08522°W |
| OS grid reference | SE 60114 52203 |
| Built | 1841-1842 |
| Built for | Earl de Grey Yorkshire Hussars |
| Architect | George Townsend Andrews |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 14 June 1954 |
| Reference no. | 1256766 |
  Location in North Yorkshire | |
The De Grey Rooms is a building in the city of York, England. It was built in 1841-1842 and is a grade II* listed building. [1]
The De Grey Rooms were built by public subscription at the instigation of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, Commanding Officer of the Yorkshire Hussars, to provide a place for the Regiment's Annual Mess and to supplement accommodation at the Assembly Rooms. [1] [2]
The building is located on the western edge of St Leonard's Place, York, England. It joins onto the western face of De Grey House (built 1835). [3] It faces the York Art Gallery. During its construction, on 23 April 1842 workmen digging a drain discovered a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins, later named the St Leonard's Place hoard. [4] [5] One of the workmen said that the hoard had been contained in a clay vessel, which was broken when a pickaxe struck it. [4]
The building was designed by the architect George Townsend Andrews. It was intended to be used as a ballroom, concert hall, and for meetings.
It is two storeys in height, with a basement below, built in brick and with a cement-rendered front elevation in a neo-classical style. There are seven large windows on the front, with a carriageway beneath the left one. A narrow balcony on the first floor is bordered by iron railings, and there are larger railing at ground level. [1]
The building was used for military social events initially. During the Second World War and afterwards the ballroom was used for public dances. [6]
In the early 2000s the ground floor was used as a tourist information centre for York. [6] On 31 March 2005, the De Grey Rooms were purchased from the City of York Council by the York Conservation Trust in order to "preserve the buildings for posterity as significant repairs and renovations were required to be carried out". [7] The Trust leased it to York Theatre Royal, who used some of it for storage of costumes and sets. [6] The building closed in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. The site was again used by the Theatre to host rehearsals in 2022. The cast of The Bone Sparrow rehearsed in a bubble before the premier in February 2022. [8]
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