Lendal Cellars, York: Revamp of York pub including outdoor bar takes step forward

Greene King, the operator of Lendal Cellars in York city centre, has lodged an application to amend its licence to cover changes coming as part of a full indoor and outdoor refurbishment.

The pub company stated the revamp included the sale of alcohol from an external bar.

It follows York Council’s approval of the refurbishment of the venue, off St Helen’s Square, in April.

Plans approved for Lendal Cellars include new seating, lighting, building a bin store, changing the bar inside the pub, replacing its wooden floor and refurbishing its toilets.

But plans were refused an application to install new signs at the pub’s doorway and at the top of the alleyway leading to it.

Council planning officers stated the signs would be excessive and dominate the outside of the pub which is a Grade II-listed building.

The vaulted rooms which form the inside of the pub were originally a wine merchants and date back to the 19th Century, incorporating earlier cellars from the 1600s and 1700s.

It also comes as Greene King has lodged plans to refurbish some of its other York pubs, including by repainting them in the company’s green and copper livery.

Applications for works have been submitted for Blossom Street’s The Windmill Inn, Stonegate’s Ye Olde Starre Inne and Church Street’s Golden Lion.

Greene King’s application to amend its licence for Lendal Cellars is open for public comments until Friday, June 26.