Cleveland Bay public house and proto-railway station

Public house, 1825 for Thomas Meynell, chairman of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

MATERIALS: painted render to the front and sides, rear of exposed brickwork laid in English Garden Wall Bond. Pantile roof.

PLAN: central entrance to a corridor that extends through the building to the rear yard with a public room (each with a bar) on either side, the eastern rear addition having a further public room. Landlord’s domestic accommodation to the first floor.

EXTERIOR: front (south) elevation is of two storeys and five bays, the hipped roof only retaining a single chimney stack (rising from eaves to the west in line with the ridge). The first floor has four windows containing six-over-six pane sashes, the central bay being blind having a pub sign and flagpole. The central entrance has a twin-leaf door protected by an added timber bracketed canopy. The windows have six-pane upper sashes and undivided lower sashes with modern etched glass.

Rear (north) elevation retains a near central six-over-six pane sash window with a rubbed brick flat arch and a smaller inserted window to the side. The ground floor of the main building being covered by C19 single-storey additions that are brick built and roofed in pantiles, the brickwork being painted and windows replaced with PVC units. Attached to the north-western corner of the western rear range is a substantial stone gate pier built as a tall drum with a domed cap.

West side elevation: has two first floor windows with replaced joinery and a ground floor window fitted with undivided plate-glass sashes.

East side elevation: has a single first floor window retaining a six-over-six pane sash.

INTERIOR: the public rooms with their bars are simply detailed, the product of C20 and later refurbishment retaining what is believed to be the general C19 layout. Landlord’s domestic accommodation not inspected.