SET WITHIN A PEACEFUL TREE LINED CUL DE SAC, THE GROVES ISJUST A TEN MINUTE WALK TO THE CENTRE OF YORK. OUR RECEPTIONIS OPEN UNTIL 10PM FOR ARRIVALS AND OUR BAR IS OPEN FROMMIDDAY UNTIL ABOUT 10PM EACH DAY.WE OFFER A FREE CAR PARK FOR GUESTS WITH PLENTY OF SPACE TOLEAVE YOUR CAR AND EXPLORE YORK ON FOOT. FOR THOSE STAYING ALITTLE LONGER, THE LEISURE ATTRACTIONS OF SCARBOROUGH,WHITBY, ROBIN HOODS BAY, STAITHES, OR HELMSLEY ARE JUST ASHORT RIDE AWAY.THE MAIN BUILDING DATES BACK TO THE 1900S AND WAS ORIGINALLYBUILT BY WILLIAM PENTEY, WHO WAS OF SOME IMPORTANCE IN THELATE VICTORIAN PERIOD. THE STRUCTURE WAS COMMISSIONED BY ALEEDS TOBACCONIST, WHO WANTED TO EXPAND HIS BUSINESS USINGTHE RIVER OUSE TO DELIVER TOBACCO TO HIS CUSTOMERS. LATER,DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS, THE BUILDING WASUSED BY THE ARMY PAYMASTERS. THE PROPERTY WAS LATER SOLD ANDDEVELOPED INTO A HOTEL AND LATTERLY GUEST ACCOMMODATION.TODAY, THE BUILDING STILL RETAINS SOME CHARMING ORIGINALFEATURES, SUCH AS THE SPLEND