208, 209, 210, HIGH STREET

NORTHALLERTON HIGH STREET SE 3694-3794 and SE 3693-3793 (west side) 6/52 and 7/52 Nos 208, 209, 210 (formerly listed as No 208 (premises occupied by 9.12.69 Maynard's); No 209 (premises occupied by Goldfinch Wines); No 210 (Ye Old Golden Lion)) GV II Coaching inn, later partly shops, now supermarket with offices above. Late C17, refronted in mid C18 with mid C19 and C20 alterations, all except front wall demol- ished 1979. Rendered, Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 5 first-floor windows. Ground floor, from left: C20 doorway to offices on upper floors; C20 shop front occupying most of 3 bays; between 4th and 5th bays, former mid C19 doorway flanked by C19 canted bay windows. First and second floors: central bay narrow and projecting slightly; end bays slightly recessed; C19 canted bay windows on first floor except for sash window with glazing bars in central bay, and between 4th and 5th bays, over former inn doorway, frame for inn sign on consoles, and with wrought-iron frame for hanging sign; second-floor windows of 9 panes unequally hung, except for 4-pane sash in 1st bay. Under the render there would appear to have been a cornice. Ashlar coping to right. Rebuilt brick stacks between 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th bays and at right end. This was formerly the Old Golden Lion, already so described when John Wesley preached here on his first visit to Northallerton on 15 April 1745. (Rev J L Saywell, History of Annals of Northallerton (1885), p 123). Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) (copy in NMR) recorded buildings before demolition.

Listing NGR: SE3680894013