The Gardeners Arms is a pub in Bilton, a suburb of Harrogate in North Yorkshire.
The pub was built, probably in 1698, [1] for the Mountgarrett estate. It has retained its original layout, although the rear rooms have been converted from residential to pub use, and there is a 20th century extension at the west end. In the 1970s, the estate sold the pub to its tenant, Maurice Johnson. [2] The pub was purchased by Sean Franklin in 1980, who set up a brewery on the premises, at which he pioneered the use of American hops in the United Kingdom. [3] In 1988, Daleside Brewery moved in. The pub was later sold to Samuel Smith Old Brewery. It has lawns to the side and rear with numerous tables and seats, and trees and a stream behind. [2] The pub was grade II listed in 1975, [4] and it is rated two stars on the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [5]
The public house is built of gritstone, and has a stone slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has an architrave and a bracketed hood, and the windows are mullioned with three lights, and contain sashes. [4] Inside, there is a central corridor with rooms either side. On the right is the parlour, with a serving hatch, and behind it is a small bar and snug. On the left is a room named the "piggery", with a large fireplace, and behind is a room named "Wrinkley Lodge". The floors have flagstones. [1] [2]
