THE GEORGE AND DRAGON PUBLIC HOUSE - Yarm List Entry

  • Description

    "Early-mid C18. Walls now roughcast. Deep moulded and dentilled eaves cornice below pantiled roof of pronounced sweep with end chimneys. Three storeys, two windows. All early C19 tripartite sash windows with glazing bare, one replaced. At right, a yard entrance under flattened elliptical arch. Plaque on wall: "On 12th February 1820 was held the promoters' meeting of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway in the world." Local blue plaque says the George and Dragon was once a market inn and coaching house with stables....."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372879
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 10 months ago
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