Pickering War Memorial Hall

The building was constructed as a corn mill, powered by steam and completed in 1865. In 1919, the owner, Arthur Kitching, gave the mill to the Pickering Urban District Council. The council converted it at a cost of £3,736, financed by public subscription, and dedicated it to the memory of those who had died in the First World War. Memorial tablets recording the names of local service personnel who had died in the war were unveiled by General Sir Ivor Maxse on 16 April 1922. The building itself was then officially opened for public use on 26 April 1922. The new building became the offices of the council. A museum created from a collection of archaeological items accumulated by a local…

The four-storey building is constructed of stone with rusticated quoins, floor bands, and an overhanging gabled roof. On the north front is a single-storey projecting gabled and rendered war memorial extension. At the west end is a two-storey semi-circular entrance extension.