The Fleece Inn, Northallerton
The Fleece Inn is a historic pub in Northallerton, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
An Augustinian friary was constructed in Northallerton in about 1340 and was dissolved around 1530.[1] The Fleece Inn occupies part of its site, and was probably built as a house the 15th century. It has been altered over the centuries, eventually becoming a pub. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "over-restored". The building was grade II listed in 1969.[2] In the early 2020s it was converted into an Italian restaurant, but soon became a pub again. A plaque on the front of the building claims that it may have been where Charles Dickens wrote Nicholas Nickleby.[3]
The pub is built of sandstone, with timber framing on the gables, and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, a gabled wing on the left, a projecting gabled cross-wing to the right, and a left rear wing. On the left is a two-storey square bay window with casement windows and a tile roof. In the centre is a porch, and to the right is a two-storey square bay window containing mullioned windows, and with a tiled hipped roof. The gables also contain mullioned windows. Inside, there are stone floors with massive slabs, low oak-beamed ceilings, and a built-in salt box in the right-hand ground floor room.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Saywell, Joseph Lemuel (1885). The History and Annals of Northallerton, Yorkshire. J. Vasey.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Fleece Inn, Northallerton (1150702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ a b Warne, Malcolm (20 January 2024). "Review of breakfast at The Fleece Inn, Northallerton". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.