The Golden Fleece Hotel
THE GOLDEN FLEECE HOTEL, 42 AND 44, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151324
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Golden Fleece Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- THE GOLDEN FLEECE HOTEL, 42 AND 44, MARKET PLACE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151324
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Golden Fleece Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE GOLDEN FLEECE HOTEL, 42 AND 44, MARKET PLACE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE GOLDEN FLEECE HOTEL, 42 AND 44, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thirsk
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 42987 82030
Details
SE 4282 THIRSK MARKET PLACE 6/70 (south side) 1.5.52 Nos 42 and 44 (The Golden GV Fleece Hotel) (formerly listed as the Fleece Hotel)
II
Hotel of 2 builds. No 42: probably a C16 hall house with service entrance moved and upper end rebuilt. C17 and C18 alterations, top storey added post 1815. Part timber framed and brown brick. Slate roof. 3 storeys. Symmetrical facade. Central entrance. Wooden doorcase with pilasters and a large flat hood with dentilled cornice. Round-headed doorway. To each side a canted bay with sash windows with glazing bars. To the 1st floor 2 large tripartite sash windows with glazing bars in flush moulded cases, shallow segmental arched heads. Their cills form a continuous band. Wrought iron sign bracket. To the 2nd floor 3 16-pane sash windows. No 44: late C18 or early C19. Brown brick. Slate roof of shallower pitch than that of No 42 with stone verges and kneelers. Higher and narrower than No 42. 3 storey canted bay. Arched sash windows with Gothick glazing in groups of 3 with taller central light. Cills form continuous bands. Carriageway to left. Interior: No 42 some exposed timber including an inglenook beam. The front room to the right of the entrance has a C17 ceiling divided into square panels by raised borders. No 44: ground floor sash window has fixed light. C20 extension at rear not included. Was a famous posting inn. P Wyon and W Fogitt, Thirsk, Past and Present, 1980, p7. N Pevsner, Yorkshire, North Riding, 1966, p367.
Listing NGR: SE4298782030
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 333311
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wyon, P, Fogitt, W, Thirsk Past and Present, (1980), 7
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The North Riding, (1966), 367
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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