West Tanfield buildings [8]
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The photograph on this page of West Tanfield buildings [8] by Michael Dibb as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 24 Jun 2022
Now used as meeting rooms, this former Wesleyan chapel in Mowbray Terrace was replaced by the adjacent church Image and Image Built in the early 19th century of squared, coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, under a stone slate roof. Inside is a panelled gallery supported by cast-iron Doric columns. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1293821 West Tanfield is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, some 5½ miles northwest of Ripon. The village is sited on the north bank of the Rive Ure, astride the A6108 road from Ripon to Leyburn. The village name comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'tana feld', which mean "open land where young shoots grow" and is referred to in the Domesday Book. West Tanfield is home to the Marmion Tower, a 15th century gatehouse to the demolished manor house.
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