The Angel and White Horse
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The Angel and White Horse is a pub in the town centre of Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, in England.
In the Tudor period, The Red Hart inn lay on Bridge Street in Tadcaster. By the Georgian period, it had been rebuilt as The Angel, a coaching inn. In 1855, Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, purchased the building as part of a deal to establish a hotel next door, in the former White Horse inn. He closed The Angel, and converted it into shops.[1][2]
Samuel Smiths Old Brewery lies behind the building. It purchased the building and converted it into its brewery tap, opening in 1977.[3] Its name recalls both the former coaching inn and its neighbour. By the early 21st century, the pub was recognised for its food,[4] and in the early 2010s, it was listed in the Good Beer Guide.[5] The building was Grade II listed in 1985.[6]
The building is constructed of limestone, with some timber framing and brick. It is three storeys high, and six bays wide, with the fifth bay housing a carriage arch, and two bays having canted fronts. It retains some Tudor material, but is principally 18th century. It has mostly sash windows, and has a moulded cornice. The lower part of the three left-hand bays has been restored, and the lower part of the other bays has been partly rebuilt. There are late 20th century additions at the rear, and the entrance is also 20th century.[6][7]
As of 2024, the pub is currently closed and Samuel Smiths Old Brewery are seeking out for new managers to run it.
References[edit]
- ^ Bradley, Tom (1889). The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire. Leeds: Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company.
- ^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). Tadcaster History Tour. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445677316.
- ^ "List of Samuel Smith Old Brewery Ltd. pubs". Brewery History. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Forman, Janet; Beaumont, Stephen (13 April 2002). "So long soggy fish and chips". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Catton, Richard (19 September 2011). "Pubs in brewery town of Tadcaster left out of Good Beer Guide". The Press. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Angel and White Horse (1301008)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Minnis, John (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300126655.