| Bay Hotel | |
|---|---|
 The Bay Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 6 October 1969 |
| Reference no. | 1148713 |
The Bay Hotel is a public house in Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, England. The pub is known for being a destination for coast-to-coast walkers and of having its windows wrecked by the bowsprit of ship during a heavy storm. The Bay Hotel stands of the very edge of the sea wall at Robin Hood's Bay facing out towards the sea, and is the second inn to be sited at that location. It is a grade II listed building.
History edit
An inn situated at the location if the Bay Hotel slipped into the sea in 1843. The current building was built in the 1860s and "the sea washes its outer wall at high tide."[1] It is unknown exactly which building was affected, but in the 19th century, a ship was wrecked on the rocks at Robin Hood's Bay during a storm, and the ships' bowsprit pierced the glass of the windows in the Bay Hotel.[2] The Bay Hotel had its own horses and stables until 1920 when the brewery owning the pub changed hands from the Nesfields Brewery (Scarborough), to the Moor & Robsons Brewery (Hull).[3]
The Bay Hotel has also been host to the ancient Court Leet of Fylingdales, which is still extant today and deals mostly with land enclosure issues.[2]
References edit
- ^ Farnhill 1990, p. 98.
- ^ a b Farnhill 1990, p. 99.
- ^ Lidster, J. Robin (1983). Robin Hood's Bay in old picture postcards. Zaltbommel: European Library. p. 16. ISBN 9789028824782.
Sources edit
- Farnhill, Barrie (1990). A history of Robin Hood's Bay. North York Moors National Park Authority. ISBN 0-907480-22-5.