Cleveland Bay public house and proto-railway station

The Cleveland Bay public house and proto-railway station was built in 1825 for Thomas Meynell, who was the chairman of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The building features painted render on the front and sides, while the rear showcases exposed brickwork laid in English Garden Wall Bond, topped with a pantile roof.

The layout includes a central entrance leading to a corridor that extends to the rear yard, with a public room on either side, each featuring a bar. An additional public room is located in the eastern rear addition. The landlord's domestic accommodation is situated on the first floor.

The front elevation is two storeys high with five bays and a hipped roof that has a single chimney stack on the west side. The first floor features four windows with six-over-six pane sashes, while the central bay is blind and displays a pub sign and flagpole. The central entrance has a twin-leaf door sheltered by a timber bracketed canopy. The windows on the first floor have six-pane upper sashes and undivided lower sashes, with modern etched glass.

On the rear elevation, there is a near-central six-over-six pane sash window with a rubbed brick flat arch, along with a smaller inserted window nearby. The ground floor is covered by 19th-century single-storey additions made of brick and roofed in pantiles, with painted brickwork and windows replaced with PVC units. A substantial stone gate pier, designed as a tall drum with a domed cap, is attached to the north-western corner of the western rear range.

The west side elevation features two first floor windows with replaced joinery and a ground floor window fitted with undivided plate-glass sashes. The east side elevation has a single first floor window that retains a six-over-six pane sash.

Inside, the public rooms with their bars are simply detailed, reflecting 20th-century and later refurbishments while retaining what is believed to be the general 19th-century layout. The landlord's domestic accommodation was not inspected.