The Witching Post
THE WITCHING POST, EGTON, WHITBY, YO21 1TZ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1316160
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-1969
- List Entry Name:
- The Witching Post
- Statutory Address:
- THE WITCHING POST, EGTON, WHITBY, YO21 1TZ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1316160
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-1969
- List Entry Name:
- The Witching Post
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE WITCHING POST, EGTON, WHITBY, YO21 1TZ
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 WITCHING POST, EGTON, WHITBY, YO21 1TZ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Egton
- National Park:
- North York Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 80867 06537
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/11/2017
NZ8006-8106
15/21
EGTON
EGTON VILLAGE (east side)
The Witching Post
(Formerly listed as Ye Horseshoe Inn)
5.10.59
GV
II
Public house. Probably late C17 or early C18; later C18 alteration, and further alterations of 1879 and 1923. Dressed and tooled sandstone with pantile roofs. Low two storey, three window earlier front to left of higher two storey, one window C19 front. Gabled part-glazed porch contains C19 six-panel door in chamfered and quoined doorway. Right of porch large two light mullioned windows with large-pane C20 glazing, that on ground floor beneath relieving arch. Coped gables and end stacks. Left of porch vestiges of blocked firewindow. Remaining ground floor windows altered, with C20 glazing. Six pane sashes with stone sills on first floor. Corbelled eaves. Coped left gable and shaped kneeler inscribed: 19 JKF 23.
End stacks. Rear: gable end of wing to earlier part contains one-light chamfered stone window surround. Left return: small 12-pane sash in chamfered stone surround.
Interior: room to left of entrance contains inglenook fireplace with chamfer-stopped bressummer and timber heck. Enlarged fireplace cupboard to right and blocked saltbox or spice cupboard. Chamfer-stopped beam and quarter-round moulded joists. Chamfered and wave-stopped beam with part of St.Andrew's cross visible over door beside heck possibly re-used part of witch post.
C20 porch not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NZ8086706537
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 327491
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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