The medieval building’s owner, Guy Lister, invited The Yorkshire Post to see inside the timber-framed gem after confirming restoration work to bring it back into use had begun.
Specialist craftsmen and women are now on site to make the former merchant’s premises safe again ahead of a new tenant moving in – and Mr Lister is open to offers for a range of uses.
The Counting House was a pub from the 1980s until 2012, but for most of its history was subdivided into dwellings. There are a wealth of historic features and additions from different periods.
Images by Yorkshire Post photographer Tony Johnson.
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Landlord Guy is open to expressions of interest for a variety of uses Photo: Tony Johnson
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Steve Murray and Darren Marples work with a trditional hot lime mortar Photo: Tony Johnson
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Guy Lister inherited the building from his father, Malcolm, who bought it in the 1980s Photo: Tony Johnson