Former Ribblesdale Arms Hotel

The former Ribblesdale Arms Hotel, in Gisburn, dates back to 1635 and was altered in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of pebbledashed rubble with a stone slate roof and brick chimney caps. The building has three storeys and a distinctive three-storey gabled porch. To the left of the porch are two bays, with windows on the ground and first floors that are sash windows lacking glazing bars, set in plain stone surrounds with square mullions – two lights each. To the right of the porch is one bay with tripartite windows. Mullioned windows on the second floor have a double-chamfered design with three stepped lights and hoods. The second floor porch window mirrors this style. The first floor of the porch has a blank moulded stone surround with a moulded string course above and below. Each return wall features a window of 18th-century type with a chamfered stone surround; the left-hand window has two lights with a mullion. The entrance door has a chamfered stone surround. The upper stories project slightly, supported by a moulded stone string course. Above the string is a plaque, now bearing a white painted inscription that reads: 'THIS HOUSE WAS BUILDED IN ANNO DOMINI 1635 AT THE COSTS AND CHARGES OF THOMAS LISTER. £855 COSTEd'. There are chimneys on the gables and on each side of the central bay.