The Three Tuns, Thirsk

The Three Tuns is a hotel in Thirsk, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

The building may have originally been the dower house of the Bell family, which was built in 1698. In 1740, it was converted into a coaching inn,[1] and much of the current building dates from this period, with only the core of the rear wing being older.[2] For many years, it was the town's only coaching inn, but around 1815 much of its business was transferred to the Golden Fleece.[3] Guests at the hotel have included William Wordsworth, while James Herriot regularly drank in its bar.[4] The building was grade II listed in 1952.[2] The hotel and its bar are currently owned by Wetherspoons.[4]

The hotel is built of colourwashed brick, the ground floor rendered and channelled, with a cornice, a floor band and a hipped slate roof. It has three storeys and seven bays. In the centre is a porch with two columns and an entablature, and the windows are sashes with a round-headed stair window at the rear. The rear wing is in reddish-brown brick with a pantile roof, and has two storeys, a string course and a doorway. Inside is a staircase dating from about 1698, and at its foot, a pair of 18th-century Ionic columns supporting a ceiling beam.[2][5]

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References

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  1. ^ "History of Thirsk". Thirsk Tourist Information. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Historic England. "The Three Tuns Hotel, Thirsk (1314938)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ Bradley, Tom (1889). The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire. Leeds: Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company.
  4. ^ a b "Pub History: The Three Tuns". J. D. Wetherspoon. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  5. ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.

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