Birch Hall Inn

Coordinates: 54°24′31″N 0°44′07″W / 54.408750°N 0.735338°W / 54.408750; -0.735338
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Birch Hall Inn
The Birch Hall Inn in 2010
Map
Location in North Yorkshire
General information
TypePublic house
LocationBeck Hole, North Yorkshire
AddressBeck Hole YO22 5LE
Coordinates54°24′31″N 0°44′07″W / 54.408750°N 0.735338°W / 54.408750; -0.735338
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBirch Hall Inn
Designated6 October 1969
Reference no.1295923

Birch Hall Inn is a public house founded around 1860 in Beck Hole in the North York Moors, England. It is designated as a Grade II listed building.[1] It is noted for its small bars and shop, and interior, and is popular with hiking tourists on holiday in the area.[2]

History and description

There is documentary evidence of a building on the site dating to at least the 17th century.

Whitby Iron Company in Beck Hole, in the mid 19th century, the landlords, Ralph and Mary Dowson added a second floor to the original cottages, and added a three storey extension to the building, originally used as a shop with tenements above for industrial workers.[4][5][1]

The painter Algernon Newton created a pub sign for the inn during his stay in Beck Hole in the 1940s.[6]

The main bar 'Big Bar' is within one of the original cottages, a second bar, the 'Little Bar' was added after the

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Birch Hall Inn (1295923)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b Edwards, Adam (26 April 2003). "Pint to pint: Birch Hall Inn". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ "History of the Birch Hall Inn". www.beckhole.info. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
  4. ^ Historic England. "BIRCH HALL INN (1408672)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ^
    The Campaign for Real Ale
    . Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Inspirational Beck Hole". www.beckhole.info. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009.

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