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High Street, SKIPTON, BD23 1AH

This old stone-roofed public house stands on the east side of the High Street. It is very popular with lunchtime drinkers, especially on market days. Food is usually available.

On a roundabout at the top end of the High Street. Behind are the Black Horse inn and market stalls.

Often used at weekends to house a 'flea market'.

The porticoed building is the former town hall, built in 1861-62 to the design of John Denison Jee. The adjacent buildings look a little earlier - late Georgian perhaps. Grade II listed. At the time, part of the old town hall looks as if it was being used as a tourist information centre - finding a new use for such buildings in small towns can be difficult.

According to Wikipedia, the building on the High Street, seen here proudly flying the Union flag, was erected in 1862 on the site of the former vicarage of Holy Trinity Church and became the town hall of Skipton Urban District Council in 1895, replacing the former town hall on Sheep Street. It now hosts the council chamber for Craven District Council, and the Craven Museum, as well as a public hall used for events. Unbelievably, the town hall is not listed although the two K6 type phone boxes outside it are.

Numbers 15 and 17 High Street, seen here, and number 19 High Street Image were built in the mid 19th century. Constructed of ashlar under a stone slate roof. Numbers 17 and 19 have plain fronts, number 19, the Town Hall, is much more elaborate with a portico, balcony and parapet. Inside number 19, the council chamber has a panelled and moulded plaster ceiling. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1301634 Skipton is a market town in North Yorkshire, some 27 miles northwest of Leeds. On the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is now an important tourist destination. The town expanded after the construction of Skipton Castle in the 11th century. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through the town and the River Aire flows just to the southwest. The name Skipton means 'sheep-town'.

Numbers 15 and 17 High Street, Image, and number 19 High Street, seen here, were built in the mid 19th century. Constructed of ashlar under a stone slate roof. Numbers 17 and 19 have plain fronts, number 19, the Town Hall, is much more elaborate with a portico, balcony and parapet. Inside number 19, the council chamber has a panelled and moulded plaster ceiling. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1301634 Skipton is a market town in North Yorkshire, some 27 miles northwest of Leeds. On the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is now an important tourist destination. The town expanded after the construction of Skipton Castle in the 11th century. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through the town and the River Aire flows just to the southwest. The name Skipton means 'sheep-town'.

Built 1862 in Palladian style.