Banqueting House

Banqueting House is a building dating from 1823 to 1824, constructed for the Ouse Navigation. It is built of gault brick with ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof, and is designed in a Greek Revival style. The building is oblong in shape and comprises three bays.

It stands on a plinth and features steps leading to a central entrance with a pair of late 20th-century glazed doors and overlight, contained within a portico with angle pilasters. The portico’s frieze has large modillions supporting a cornice. A semi-circular dome sits above. The facade has long, 12-pane casement sash windows with tooled architraves. A moulded cornice, a frieze, and an overhanging hipped roof are also present. Rear stacks are visible. The right-hand facade has six similar window openings, although the end one now contains a 20th-century glazed door. The interior has been remodelled. It was disused at the time of the most recent survey.