The Mitre Public House

The Mitre Public House is a building that was originally a house, later serving as a bishop's house and chapel, and is now a public house. It was constructed in 1831 by John Dobson for Thomas Crawhall, with a chapel added in 1887. The building features ashlar with a plinth, rendered ashlar, and coursed squared sandstone on the left wing, topped with a Welsh slate roof for the chapel. The main house has an irregular plan in a castle style and consists of two high storeys with scattered fenestration. The projecting third bay includes a double panelled door set in a Tudor arch. The windows vary in size with 2, 3, and 4 lights, some of which are blind, and are adorned with chamfered stone mullions, transoms, and drip moulds. The roof has a battlemented parapet with a central turret.

The left wing is two storeys tall with eight bays, featuring a three-bay house on the left in a plain style, with both sash and blind windows and hipped roofs. The former chapel at the rear is designed in the Perpendicular style, consisting of four bays and a linking bay with an oriel window. Inside, there is a closed-string stair with a barley-sugar balustrade, grip handrail, and newels with pendants. The library showcases Jacobean-style panelling and ceiling, while other ground floor rooms have panelled ceilings with Tudor bosses and marble chimney pieces.

Historically, the building was donated in 1881 by J.W. Pease, a Quaker banker, to the Diocese of Newcastle, which was established in 1882. The previous structure on the site was the home of the Shafto family and included a tower house.