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Otley Road, SKIPTON, BD23 1EZ

Entrance porch to Youth Centre on Otley Street, with Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark low on left hand side of access ramp. Details of the mark can be found on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm34806

Originally built in 1861 as a Baptist school, the National Schools in Skipton amalgamated into this school in Otley Street. The school closed in 1958 and the building has had various uses since. Constructed of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings under a slate roof. 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'.

Now a private residence, this building has been a coach house and later part of a garage and hotel operation. Built, probably, in the early 19th century of rubble stone with freestone quoins and dressings under a stone flag roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1157411 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'.

Grade II Listed Building, and former public house as seen from Otley Road.

Built as a house in the 18th century, this building became the Cross Keys Garage. Now boarded-up awaiting sale after the garage and the adjoining public house closed. Constructed of painted rubble stone under a stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1316978 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'.

The pub was still open in 2014 Image but has now closed. Listed Grade II (list entry 1316980).

There is the remains of an Ordnance Survey benchmark on a stone in the jamb at the left hand side of the large window, see http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm94167 for a description of the Bench Mark Database. The stone may have been reposition since its height was levelled.