A lengthy description of this building, serving at the time as both a business and a house, is given in chapter two of All Creatures Great and Small, and is "spot on" with what you see here, though the names were changed - the town Thirsk became Darrowby, the street Kirkgate became Trentgate, etc. (After reading the book for the first time I remember trying to find Darrowby on a map, to no avail.)
"Trentgate was a quiet street leading off the square and I had my first sight of Skeldale House. ... There was no front garden and only the railings separated the house from the street a few feet away." (Chapter 2)
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