Birch Hall Inn

Birch Hall Inn
The Birch Hall Inn in 2010
General information
TypePublic house
LocationBeck Hole Road, Beck Hole, North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates54°24′31″N 0°44′07″W / 54.408750°N 0.735338°W / 54.408750; -0.735338
Year builtMid to late 18th century (probable)
RenovatedMid-19th century (extended and altered)
Design and construction
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Birch Hall Inn
Designated6 October 1969
Reference no.1295923

The Birch Hall Inn is a Grade II listed public house on Beck Hole Road in Beck Hole, a village in the North York Moors, England. Founded around 1860, it is noted for its small bars and shop, and interior, and is popular with hiking tourists on holiday in the area.

History and description

There is documentary evidence of a building on the site dating to at least the 17th century. The original construction of the current building is thought date to the mid to late 18th century, consisting of a building of two single-storey cottages. Contemporary with the arrival of the Whitby to Pickering Railway and the establishment of the Whitby Iron Company in Beck Hole, in the mid-19th century the landlords, Ralph and Mary Dowson, added a second floor to the original cottages, and added a three-storey extension to the building, originally used as a shop with tenements above for industrial workers.

The painter Algernon Newton created a pub sign for the inn during his stay in Beck Hole in the 1940s.

The main bar, 'Big Bar', is within one of the original cottages, a second bar, the 'Little Bar', was added after the Second World War in the Victorian three-storey extension. A very small shop in the building sells sweets and postcards. The building is Grade II listed, and the interior, relatively unchanged since the 1930s is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Edwards, Adam (26 April 2003). "Pint to pint: Birch Hall Inn". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "History of the Birch Hall Inn". beckhole.info. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Birch Hall Inn (1408672)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Yorkshire (North) - Beck Hole, Birch Hall Inn". Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Birch Hall Inn (Grade II) (1295923)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Inspirational Beck Hole". beckhole.info. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009.