Rubbing House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Stable.

Rubbing House

WRENN ID
tenth-gravel-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1986
Type
Stable
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SE 08 NE WEST WITTON COMMON LANE (north side)

9/101 Rubbing House

  • II

Rubbing House. Late C18. Rubble, stone slate roof. Single storey, 4 bays, the fifth collapsed. 4 tall door openings, possibly tall enough to allow horse and rider to enter. Interior: iron rings set in walls of each room for tying horses to. In the 18th century it was considered beneficial to wrap horses up well, to make them sweat, after they had been training, on the nearby gallops on Middleham High Moor. Then they were rubbed down, hence the name of the building. The building is a rare survival of its type, and an important link with the rise of the horse-breeding and training tradition in the Middleham area in the C18, which is still the main industry in the locality.

Listing NGR: SE0781887498

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