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Listed former pub in York, England
September 2026
September 2026
19 Market Street The TigerWilliam Bass 19 Market Street York Jun25 03.jpg Grey‑brown-brick, three-storey building with a glazed-tile ground floor The building in 2025 Public house, later building society 53.9587 -1.0820 region:GB_type:landmark inline,title Market Street, York, England yes Mid-19th century 1988 (refurbished)1992 (altered) 1991 (as a pub) Converted to commercial use with residential above yes
Grade II Listed Building
19, Market Street
24 June 1983
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19 Market Street is a Grade II listed former public house on Market Street in York, England. Established as a mid‑19th‑century pub, it was trading as The Tiger by 1983 and remained in use as licensed premises until the early 1990s, when it briefly traded as the William Bass. The building was altered in 1992 and had become a building society by the time its listing was amended in 1997. It is now in commercial use as a hair and beauty salon, with self‑contained residential accommodation on the upper floors.
History
The building stands on Market Street and began as a mid‑19th‑century public house.1257369 19, Market Street II 23 September 2026 Local accounts suggest that it was operating as The Tiger by 1851. The 1885 directory for York records John Scales at the Tiger Inn.Directory of York, 1885 https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/329833 185 University of Leicester 23 September 2026
In 1968 the site was included within the newly established Central Historic Core conservation area.York Historic Environment Record Conservation Area: Central Historic Core Conservation Area (Conservation Area 1) https://her.york.gov.uk/Designation/DYO1700 her.york.gov.uk City of York Council 23 September 2026 It was still trading as The Tiger when it was designated a Grade II listed building on 24 June 1983. It stands next to No. 21 and next door but one to the Burns Hotel pub at No. 23, both also Grade II listed.1257371 21, Market Street II 23 September 2026 yes1257372 The Burns Hotel II 23 September 2026 yes
Anecdotal accounts state that the building was refurbished in 1988 and reopened as the William Bass, and photographs published by The Press show it still operating in 1989 and closing in 1991.Ayres Odele 8 October 2020 We have been raiding the vaults again! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18777893.raiding-vaults/ The Press 23 September 2026 The building was altered in 1992, and by the time the listing was amended in 1997 it had become a building society. It is now in commercial use as a hair and beauty salon, with the upper floors forming self‑contained residential accommodation.19 Market Street York YO1 8SL https://previous.singervielle.com/previous-sales/properties/investment-property-york-YO18SL.html previous.singervielle.com 23 September 2026 25 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250425174205/https://previous.singervielle.com/previous-sales/properties/investment-property-york-YO18SL.html live
Architecture
The building is of mottled grey‑brown brick, with the ground floor finished in glazed tiles. It has a timber eaves cornice and a slate roof with a chimney at the right-hand end. The front has three storeys and three windows. The former inn frontage is marked by plain pilasters supporting a full-width cornice topped with decorative urns. The central door, set back slightly, has margin glazing and an overlight, and the two ground‑floor windows on either side match this glazing; the left is a single pane, the right is divided into two, and both have shaped sills. At the left end is a later 20th‑century door with a bordered panel and a margin‑glazed overlight. The upper floors have eight‑pane sash windows with shallow arched brick heads; those on the first floor sit above a painted sill band, while those on the second floor have painted stone sills.
See also
Yorkshire
Listed buildings in York (within the city walls, northern part)
References
19 Market Street, York
Category:19th century in York
Category:19th-century establishments in England
Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 19th century
Category:Grade II listed pubs in York