A historic Yorkshire house is set to host community and youth spaces, an archaeology museum and food bank.
Burnby Hall is set to be offered for lease to Pocklington Town Council for 125 years at a peppercorn rent following East Riding Council’s Cabinet’s decision onTuesday, April 16. East Riding Council Leader Coun Anne Handley said the move was an excellent solution for the future of the building which was due to be vacated in September. The decision means that Pocklington Town Council can now progress with its plans for a Community Hub in Burnby Hall.
The planned archaeological museum would host local finds of national and international significance, according to the town council’s plans. Burnby Hall, which dates back to the 1860s, was set to become vacant in September when registrars based there relocate to the council’s nearby Pocela Centre. The building and the gardens next door were bequeathed to the people of Pocklington by Major Percy Stewart and his wife Katherine on the former’s death in 1962.
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