The Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton

The Golden Lion Hotel is a historic building in Northallerton, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The original Golden Lion was a small coaching inn built in the 18th century, the third to be established in the town after the Black Bull and the King's Head. In 1745, John Wesley preached at the inn. Around this time, it was replaced by a much larger inn of the same inn, which dominated the town's postal service and stabled about 30 horses. It later became a hotel, with guests including the future Nicholas I of Russia, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Andrew Carnegie. In the 1920s, it was taken over by the Trust House group, which owned it until 1998. It appears in the 1945 film The Way to the Stars. The building was grade II listed in 1952. The hotel has roughcast rendering, a cornice and a pantile roof. It has three storeys and a complex plan, with a main range of ten bays, and rear wings. On the front is a large porch with fluted Doric columns, a canopy with railings and a flat roof. The doorway has panelled pilasters, and an open pediment on beaded consoles. To the left are two large canted bay windows, and in the right bay is a carriage entrance. Elsewhere, there are sash windows.

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Zion United Reformed Church

The Zion United Reformed Church is a historic church in Northallerton, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. In the early 19th century, Congregationalists preached in Northallerton as part of a North Yorkshire circuit, and then from a base in Thirsk. A Mr Trousdale, a deacon from Whitby, moved to Northallerton and succeeded in building a congregation and raising funds for a church. This was opened on 1 January 1819. In 1852, the church constructed a Sunday school to the rear. In the early or mid 20th century, a vestry range was added to the church. In 1872, the Congregational Union of England and Wales became part of the new United Reformed Church. The church and school were separately grade II listed in 1988. In 2023, the church submitted plans for renovations including a new side entrance, but Historic England argued that the work would harm the building's heritage value. The church is built of brown brick on a plinth, with a cornice and a blocking course, and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a flat-roofed projecting porch containing a round-arched doorway with an impost band and a cornice. Flanking the doorway, and recessed on the upper floor, are round-arched sash windows with impost bands. The former Sunday School, now a church hall, is built of brown brick with an eaves band and a Welsh slate roof. It has one storey and three bays. On the north front are three round-arched panels, the outer ones containing round-headed sash windows, and the middle panel with a sandstone plaque containing an inscription and the date.

Northallerton Town Hall

Northallerton Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Northallerton Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

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.

HM Prison Northallerton

HM Prison Northallerton was a prison in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. It operated from 1788 until December 2013. During that time, it variously housed male and female adult prisoners, women with children, youth offenders, and military prisoners. Latterly Her Majesty's Prison Service struggled to keep the old prison operating to modern standards, and citing the costs of doing so and the relatively small size of the institution, it closed the prison in 2014. The prison was bought by Hambleton District Council, which is currently redeveloping the site.