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Latitude: 54.2831 / 54°16'59"N
Longitude: -1.8814 / 1°52'53"W
OS Eastings: 407818
OS Northings: 487498
OS Grid: SE078874
Mapcode National: GBR HL9X.GD
Mapcode Global: WHC6X.2LCW
Plus Code: 9C6W74M9+6C
Entry Name: Rubbing House
Listing Date: 24 January 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1130884
English Heritage Legacy ID: 321849
ID on this website: 101130884
Location: North Yorkshire, DL8
County: North Yorkshire
District: Richmondshire
Civil Parish: West Witton
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Tagged with: House
SE 08 NE WEST WITTON COMMON LANE
(north side)
9/101 Rubbing House
- II
Rubbing House. Late C18. Rubble, stone slate roof. Single storey, 4 bays,
the fifth collapsed. 4 tall door openings, possibly tall enough to allow
horse and rider to enter. Interior: iron rings set in walls of each room
for tying horses to. In the 18th century it was considered beneficial to
wrap horses up well, to make them sweat, after they had been training, on
the nearby gallops on Middleham High Moor. Then they were rubbed down,
hence the name of the building. The building is a rare survival of its
type, and an important link with the rise of the horse-breeding and training
tradition in the Middleham area in the C18, which is still the main industry
in the locality.
Listing NGR: SE0781887498
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