Crown Inn, Helmsley

The Crown Inn is a historic building in Helmsley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was probably constructed in two stages in the mid 17th century, and was used as a public house from the start. It was first recorded as the Crown Inn in the early 18th century, owned by the Sandwith family. In 1742, they sold the freehold to Thomas Duncombe. Part of the building was then demolished, and in the 20th century it was refurbished in an ahistoric style, but these changes were reversed in the early 21st century. The building was grade II listed in 1985. In 2016, it was converted into a shop, operated by FatFace. The building is constructed of whitewashed rendered limestone with partial moulding below the eaves, and a pantile roof. It has two storeys and an attic, three bays, the left bay projecting slightly. The doorway to the right has fluted pilasters and an open pediment. The windows are a mix of casements and horizontally-sliding sashes and in the attic are three dormers. Inside are several original 17th century doors, which are elaborately carved.

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The Black Swan, Helmsley

The Black Swan is a historic hotel in Helmsley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England The oldest part of the hotel is a timber-framed building of the late 16th century. It was a high-status, two-storey house facing the town's market place, with a parlour wing extending back from the left gable. An early 18th-century house was built to its right, and then in the early 19th-century, a third house was built between the two. It was operating as a coaching inn by the early 19th century, and is often thought to be the Helmsley Inn praised enthusiastically by Dorothy Wordsworth in her journal. The building was grade II listed in 1955. In 2021, the hotel was refurbished by its owners, The Inn Collection Group, and celebrated the reopening by installing a temporary ice rink. In 2023, it temporarily served as the town's post office, after the convenience store previously hosting it unexpectedly closed. The earliest part of the hotel is timber framed and underbuilt with sandstone, and it has a tile roof. It has two storeys, a two-bay hall range, and a gabled cross wing on the left. It contains a doorway and casement windows. To the right is the 19th-century section, which is in rusticated sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and it contains sash windows. Further to the right is the 18th-century part which is in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, three storeys and four bays. The doorway has engaged Tuscan columns, a blocked fanlight and an open pediment. In the ground floor are canted bay windows, and the upper floors contain casement windows, those in the middle floor with wedge lintels. In front of the whole of the hotel are plain wrought iron railings. The interior is largely altered, but the 16th-century hall retains visible beams including a massive bressumer.

Helmsley Market Cross

Helmsley Market Cross is a historic structure in Helmsley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Helmsley was granted a borough charter in 1191, which gave it permission to host a weekly market. A local tradition states that a market cross was first erected in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, but if the market did start there, it soon flowed into what is now the marketplace, and the cross now stands in the middle of that square. The square continues to host a weekly market, and for the remainder of the week is used as a car park. The cross was grade II listed in 1955. The market cross is built of sandstone. It consists of an octagonal shaft with a cross on a square pedestal with six steps. The head of the cross was replaced in the 19th century.

Feversham Monument

The Feversham Monument is a memorial in the marketplace of Helmsley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The monument is to William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham, who died in 1867. It was commissioned by his son, William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham, who laid the foundation stone in May 1869. The canopy, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was completed in 1870, but the statue, carved by Matthew Noble, was only lifted into place in December 1871. The work cost about £1,000, and on completion it was described by the British Farmers' Magazine as "well-conceived and wrought out", and bearing "a general resemblance on a small scale to the Scott Monument at Edinburgh". It was grade II* listed in 1985. In 2021, it was assessed as needing specialist repair work, following damage from rain, plant growth and birds' nests. The monument is in the Gothic Revival style and is about 50 feet (15 m) tall. The statue is in limestone and consists of the baron standing in full regalia on a pedestal with a foliate frieze, atop four steps. The canopy is in sandstone and is carried on four buttressed columns with shafts and heraldic beasts with shields. It has four gables with corner crocketed finials, and the pinnacle has a two-light opening, crockets, finials and a cross. It is inscribed: "To William Second Baron of Feversham. This monument is erected by his tenantry, friends and relatives who cherish his memory with affection and gratitude. Born 1798, died 1867".

Canons Garth

Canons Garth is a historic building in Helmsley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built in the late 14th century as a hall house with a cross passage and a rear aisle. It was possibly built for the canons of Kirkham Abbey. In the 17th century, a wing was added to the left, the cross passage removed and a central porch entrance created. Alterations by Temple Moore in 1889 included the creation of a chapel and study, and the replacement of all the windows. The house was restored in 1975, when the porch was rebuilt. In the early 20th century, the house served as a retreat for the Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor. In about 1970, it became the parsonage for All Saints' Church, Helmsley, but it was sold off in 2011. The house has been grade II* listed since 1955. The ground floor of the house is in sandstone, the upper parts are timber framed, and the roof is tiled. It has two storeys and attics, and the house consists of a main range and projecting cross-wings, all gabled. The windows are casements, and in the attic are gabled dormers. In front, there is a doorway and walls. Inside, the hall has a fireplace, and the passage has what may be a built-in salt box. The chapel has Mediaeval floor tiles, brought from Rievaulx Abbey, while the study has a 16th-century fireplace, brought from Helmsley Castle. The roof structure is original; it includes a base cruck, something found elsewhere in northern England only at Baxby Manor; and it is topped by a tall, square, crown post structure.