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Knaresborough
Knaresborough ( NAIRZ-bər-ə) is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England. It is three miles (five kilometres) east of Harrogate and was in the Borough of Harrogate until April 2023.
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Newton House, Knaresborough
Newton House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The house was built in the mid or late 18th century. Local tradition claims that it was built with stone from Knaresborough Castle. In the 20th century, it was combined with the house to its left, to form a hotel with twelve bedrooms. The owners appeared on the series "Four in a Bed" in 2016, winning the episode. In 2022, it was taken over by Lamb and Flag Enterprises. Both sections of the building have been separately grade II listed since 1952.
The original house is built of limestone, with sill bands, a moulded eaves cornice, and a triangular pediment containing a blind oculus, flanked by blocking courses. It has three storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a shouldered architrave, a fanlight, consoles flanking a frieze of paterae and triglyphs, and carrying a cornice and segmental pediment. Above the doorway is a sash window in an architrave, and in the top floor is a lunette. The outer bays in the lower two floors contain bow windows, and in the top floor are sash windows in architraves.
The house to the left is also built of limestone with a sill band, and has paired gutter brackets and a stone slate roof. It has three storeys and three bays. In the right bay is a wide carriage arch with rusticated voussoirs and a keystone with a mask and a scroll motif. In the centre is a doorway in an architrave, and to its left is a sash window. Above are sash windows, those in the left two bays in the middle floor with cast iron balconies, and the window in the right bay tripartite. All the windows have segmental-arched channelled wedge lintels.
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Oldest Chemist Shop in England
The Oldest Chemist Shop in England is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The building was constructed in the 17th century. In 1720, the apothecary John Beckwith began running his business from the building, and it continued to operate as a pharmacy until 1998. It has since operated as a gift shop, with the fittings from the pharmacy remaining in place. In 2001, the first floor was converted into a tearoom. The shop continues to sell a lavender water concotion which was made on the premises in the 19th century.
The shop has a timber framed core, it is encased in brick on the front, and has a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and two gabled bays. In the ground floor are central double doors flanked by bow windows with decorative wooden posts. The upper floor contains tripartite sash windows, in the left bay of the attic is a four-light sash window, and the other bay contains a painted replica. Inside the shop are surviving timber framing, 18th-century shop fittings, and 17th-century panelling and stairs. The building has been grade II listed since 1952.
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Knaresborough Market Cross
Knaresborough Market Cross is a structure in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
Knaresborough's records claim that a market was first held in the town in 1206, although the town's market charter is from 1310. The market cross in the Market Place is believed to have been constructed in 1709. It was demolished in 1804, with only the steps which had supported it surviving. In 1953, Cecil Naden carved a replacement cross, to commemorate the Coronation of Elizabeth II, and it was placed atop the steps. The cross is alternatively known as the "Buttery" or "Butter Cross".
The steps are built of millstone grit. They have a circular plan, and consist of four concentric steps. They have been grade II listed since 1968.
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Commercial Hotel, Knaresborough
The Commercial Hotel is a historic pub in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The building was constructed in the 16th century, as a house. In the 17th century, the town bailiff, Peter Benson, owned the property. In about 1720, it was converted into an inn, the Commercial Hotel. The front of the building was replaced around the middle of the century. The building was restored in the 1930s, and again in 1976. It was grade II listed in 1952. In the early 21st century, it was known as the Borough Bailiff, but it was later acquired by Samuel Smith's Old Brewery and reverted to its original name.
The pub has a timber framed core, it is encased in rendered limestone, and has a hipped Westmorland slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. The doorway has fluted pilasters with paterae, a fanlight, and a triangular pediment. On the front are three bow windows, and the other windows are sashes. Under the upper floor window in the second bay is a decorative wrought iron balcony. Inside, there is a 17th-century staircase at the rear.