The Punch Bowl is a pub in the city centre of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

in England. The business was founded in 1675 as a

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, and it became associated with the city's Whigs, who preferred to drink

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. In 1761, it was licensed as a pub, and it became the headquarters of the York Races Committee, and was also popular with the bell ringers at

York Minster The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbis ...

. In reference to this, a bell clapper from the Minster has been used as a support in the rear bar since 1765. The building, on Stonegate, was largely rebuilt over the years, and then burned down in 1930. It was rebuilt in a Brewers' Tudor style, designed by Biscomb and Ferry for the Tadcaster Tower Brewery, with red herringbone brick at the front of the ground floor, and plasterwork above. The rear wing largely survives from the original building, as do three ground floor fireplaces. The building was

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in 1954. In 2019, it was renovated, at which time, it was owned by Nicholson's.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Punch Bowl, The Grade II listed pubs in York Buildings and structures completed in 1930 Stonegate (York) Tudor Revival pubs