Comments on: Office block studies … Hudson House

By: PaulaC

PaulaC — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:35:00 +0000

August 2018 – the eyesore that was Hudson House is currently being ripped down by a troop of JCBs. Us workers in George Stephenson House next door can see the top of the Minster for the first time ever ! I used to work in HH – not sorry to see it go, was always a cold and depressing building.

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Sun, 31 May 2015 15:30:46 +0000

Nice to have these memories of the building, thank you Justin

By: Justin Wall

Justin Wall — Wed, 27 May 2015 19:41:10 +0000

My father, Michael Wall was an architect in this building when the British Rail architect’s office used it. He overlooked the bar walls and I recall visiting him at his desk as a child. My Mum remembers that there was a design fault in that they hadn’t put any drip stop above the windows so rain streamed down the building and straight across the windows carrying with it dirt and dust leaving the windows filthy.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:33:40 +0000

I’d bet on the colouring being natural – it’s similar to the concrete used in the path in my garden, which is white when pressure-washed and takes about a year to turn the same shade as these offices. Part of the trouble with fresh, modern, clean buildings is that they’re only modern so long as they’re fresh and clean – algae, stains, dirt, weathering all turn them into dated eyesores.

The problem with turning chunks of town centre into flats is that they’re effectively dead during the day – whereas even an office has a certain amount of life. I’d be all for demolishing the offices and turning the area into mixed residential/light industrial units (breweries, garages, workshops – anything with a bit of noise and motion during the day).

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:33:52 +0000

I think you mean the building looming over the end of Barker Lane, pictured on this earlier page … http://yorkstories.co.uk/changes-on-barker-lane-harvey-scruton-buildings/ You’re right, it’s not pretty

By: Kate Hymans

Kate Hymans — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:50:34 +0000

I hadn’t realised that British Rail had been responsible for both George Hudson house and Holgate Villa. They are both pretty awful looking buildings, with George Hudson house presenting even more of a contrast now the West Offices have been renovated so successfully. However, I would rather they were recycled into housing than knocked down and replaced by yet more hotels – George Hudson house’s most recent neighbour is a case in point – not exactly a brilliant piece of architecture.