Church House

GRASSINGTON MAIN STREET SE 0063-0163 (west side) 10/20 Church House 10.9.54 GV II House, now public hall and chapel. Dated 1694, with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed gritstone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows and projecting gabled bay to right. Main range: central board door in chamfered quoined surround, the large lintel is cut to a segmental arch and has raised lettering, " A " with cross S P and heart motifs. Recessed chamfered mullion windows throughout, of 4 lights to left of door and of 6 lights with a king mullion to right. A continuous stepped drip moulding overall. To first floor: a 2-light window with hoodmould; mullion removed and sill lowered when a 20-pane sash was inserted, a 4-light and a 3-light window to right under a continuous hoodmould. Between the first-floor windows there is a stone plaque, possibly a former sun-dial, with C20 clock. Bay to right: C19 and C20 openings. Interior: entrance onto the side of a large fireplace with voussoired arch and side oven, the stack removed . The house has been attributed to Stephen and Alice Peart but the surname of the builder more probably began with A. During the C18 it became a livery stables, the Chapman family working from the house and stables in the C19. After a period as a Temperance Hotel the building was bought by the church in 1924 and consecrated for worship. S. Brooks, A History of Grassington, 1979, p35.

Listing NGR: SE0022163992