The Cleveland Tontine Inn

The Cleveland Tontine Inn is an inn built in 1802, located on the new turnpike road from Yarm to Thirsk, which is now part of the A19. It was erected through public subscription. The original building features coursed finely-tooled sandstone, while the later west wing from the 19th century is made of herringbone-tooled and margined sandstone, with a rear extension that is now whitewashed. The roofs are covered with Lakeland slate and have stone stacks.

The main south front of the inn has two storeys and a basement, with five symmetrical bays. There is a central perron leading to a half-glazed six-panel double door topped with a radial fanlight in an archivolt. The doorcase is pedimented and has engaged columns, with a tripartite window above. The original 16-pane sash windows flank the central entrance on both floors, while the canted outer bays feature replaced similar sashes that rise through the basement and ground floor, with similar single sashes above. The roof is fairly low-pitched and hipped, with corniced stacks at the ends of the ridge. The left return has three original and one replaced similar sash window.

The west wing has a gable end facing the road and one wide bay. It includes stone mullioned-and-transomed windows, with a canted bay on the ground floor. There is a wrought iron sign bracket on the right side of the first floor. Inside, the inn features three bolection-moulded stone fireplaces with original iron grates, moulded cornices, panelled window shutters, and doors with six fielded panels. A landing window has an interlaced head. In the basement bar, there is a large stone fireplace dating from around 1600 that was brought from another location. The Tontine became a private house in the 1930s but returned to its original use after the war.