Former White Horse Inn

The former White Horse Inn dates to the late 18th century. It is a three-storey building rendered in white, featuring two double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. A heavy cornice runs above the ground floor. The ground floor contains a single three-light window, a passage archway to the left, and an early 20th-century doorway to the right. This doorway has Ionic reeded pilasters on plinths, topped with a non-classical pediment, and incorporates half-glazed double doors. Originally named the White Horse and Griffin, the inn was built in honour of the Cholmley family. It is notable as the starting point for the first stagecoach route from Whitby to York in 1788. The inn is referenced in Miss Ethel Kidson’s novel 'Herringfleet' and Charles Dickens recorded that oyster shell grottos were once a feature of the yard. The building forms a group with numbers 84 to 90 (even), The Black Horse Public House, numbers 93 to 100 (consecutive), numbers 105 to 112A (consecutive), and numbers 114 to 117 (consecutive).