RAF Hospital Northallerton

RAF Hospital Northallerton, was a Second World War era military hospital, in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England. The Friarage Hospital now stands where the former hospital once stood. The site was a once a temporary medical care centre, set up in 1938 in case of bombing casualties in the area, including Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees. The Royal Air Force (RAF) took over the hospital in 1943 and relinquished it in 1947. The hospital catered specifically for RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) personnel.

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Friarage Hospital

Friarage Hospital is a 189-bed hospital located in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. The hospital covers a large section of rural North Yorkshire and the Vale of York which amounts to over 120,000 people in 390 square miles (1,000 km2). The hospital is run by the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is one of six hospitals in the trust's portfolio. In April 2020, the Accident and Emergency section of the hospital was downgraded into an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), with the most serious of casualty cases being taken to other hospitals.

Northallerton

Northallerton ( nor-THAL-ər-tən) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. Northallerton is an administrative centre for York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and North Yorkshire Council. There has been a settlement at Northallerton since Roman times. That grew in importance from the 11th century when King William II gifted land there to the Bishop of Durham, and it became an important religious centre. The Battle of the Standard fought nearby in 1138 involved the death of up to 12,000 Scots. Northallerton was an important stopping point for coaches on the road between Edinburgh and London until the arrival of the railway.

Durham House, Northallerton

Durham House is a historic building in Northallerton, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in 1754 for D. Mitford, to a design by John Carr. In 1860, it was converted into a girls' boarding school. This closed in 1871, and the building was converted into a masonic hall. The former coach house was used by a coachbuilder from 1876, then later as a garage repairing vehicles and selling petrol. By 2011, the house was used for retail. That year, it suffered a serious fire but was later restored. The building has been grade II* listed since 1952. The front of the building is in sandstone, the sides and rear are in brown brick, and it has a sill band, a modillion cornice and a hipped Westmorland slate roof. It has three storeys and five bays. In the centre is a doorway with an architrave, stepped at the base, a swept outer architrave, a tripartite keystone, and a pediment on consoles. This is flanked by plate glass shop windows with cornices on plinths. The upper floors contain sash windows in architraves, those on the middle floor also with pulvinated friezes and cornices. On the left return is a round-arched stair window. The former coach house is built of painted brick, with a floor band, an eaves band, and a pantile roof with coping forming a pediment. There are two storeys and three bays. The ground floor contains casement windows, and on the upper floor is a recessed Diocletian panel flanked by blind oculi. In the centre of the ridge is a wooden louvred vent. It is also by Carr and is grade II listed.

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. 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. 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. 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.