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The Lecture Hall and School part of the Elim Pentecostal Church ahs now been taken on by the proprietor of the Biltmore next door after his lease on Oscar's Wine Bar was no renewed this year. There were court wrangles about ownership of the name Oscar's Wine Bar which saw the premises moved to the new location in Swinegate. Although the general theme of the building next door is carried through this door does not have an arch over it although the upper window is the same shape and size as the one next door.

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Like most cities, some buildings become redundant from their original use and get recycled with another use. Even glitzy modernistic Singapore does this to a small extent but not to the extent we see it in York where we have a centuries old tradition of adapting buildings for different uses. This is a typical example, formerly the Elim Pentecostal Church in Swinegate became a restaurant called the Biltmore Bar and Grill when congregation numbers became unsustainable and the building was sold off. The contrasting brickwork around the doors and windows give the building a grand look when combined with arched brickwork above the door and the arched shape of the large upstairs window.