Golden Fleece Inn, York

The Golden Fleece was originally built as a coaching house. The inn is mentioned in the York City Archives as far back as 1503, when it was owned by the Merchant Adventurers' Hall. The building derives it name from its dealings with local wool traders. From 1656, it began operating as an inn, however it was not officially licensed until 1668. The back yard of the inn is named "Lady Peckett's Yard" after Alice Peckett, the wife of John Peckett who owned the premises as well as being Lord Mayor of York around 1702. It is also claimed that Alice Peckett's ghost haunts the building. The inn was rebuilt in the 19th century. In 1983, it was designated as a grade II listed building by English…

The pub is situated on the Pavement in the centre of York. It is next to the Herbert House, a Grade I listed building which has a first floor jetty incorporated into a side passage of the Golden Fleece. The Golden Fleece was built with pink-grey Flemish-bonded bricks, while the wing and outbuilding used orange-red English garden-wall bonded bricks. The front features glazed tiles and ashlar, with a timber cornice. The roof is tiled at the front and pan tiled at the back. The first and second floors have tripartite windows, in addition to both having painted channelled wedge lintels and painted sills.