Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423863

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)