The former Bootham and Monk Ward Conservative Club A YORK club dating back more than a century has closed for good and the site has been sold after members decided to merge it with another club. The Bootham and Monk Ward Conservative Club in Clarence Street is set to be demolished to make way for a residential development, with the proceeds being used to invest in a major refurbishment of the Heworth Conservative Club. The club in East Parade, Heworth, will be renamed the Heworth and Bootham Conservative Club following the merger. Club president Roy Walker said details of the revamp were being finalised but would include moving the bar to create a larger seating area for the increased membership and new additional toilets upstairs, with disabled toilets provided downstairs.
PLANS to build 34 new homes on a former barracks site are set to get the go ahead this week. City of York Council has submitted the scheme for Duncombe Barracks - in Burton Stone Lane next to Bootham Crescent football ground - as part of the council s project to build 600 new homes at sites across the city. The Duncombe Barracks homes would be very low energy - or passivhaus certified - buildings, meaning they are cheaper to heat and environmentally friendly. And they would be designed by architect firm Mikhail Riches - with 14 of the homes classed as affordable housing.