The Grapes Inn is a historic

pub A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ...

Ebberston Ebberston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ebberston and Yedingham in North Yorkshire, England, and is east from the county town of Northallerton. In 1961 the parish had a population of 466. History Ebberston used ...

, a village in

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...

, in England. The building largely dates from the late 18th century, although it has earlier origins. In 1776, it was purchased by the Thorpe family, who ran it until 2007. It was altered in various ways over the centuries, and was

grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

in 1986. In 2009, it was refurbished at a cost of £100,000. At the time, it was owned by

Admiral Taverns Admiral Taverns is a pub company in the UK. Founded in 2003 by the Landesberg and Rosenberg families in London. It was acquired in 2017 by US investment fund Proprium Capital Partners. From 2004 to 2010, the pubco grew with a series of 13 acquisit ...

. The pub is built of

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

with a

pantile A pantile is a type of fired roof tile, normally made from clay. It is S-shaped in profile and is single lap, meaning that the end of the tile laps only the course immediately below. Flat tiles normally lap two courses. A pantile-covered roo ...

roof. It has two storeys, four

bays A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

, and a rear wing on the right. The doorway is approached by steps and has a

fanlight A fanlight is a form of lunette window (transom window), often semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing (window), glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open Hand fan, fan. It is placed over another window or a doorway, ...

, the windows are

sashes A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the human body, either draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip and back up, or else encircling the waist. The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, ...

, and the ground floor openings have

lintels A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented/structural item. In the case of ...

with raised

keystones A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault. In both cases it is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allo ...

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* {{Pubs in North Yorkshire Grade II listed pubs in North Yorkshire Ebberston and Yedingham

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