Brown plaque № 41276

This brown commemorative plaque records: Prospect Cottage. These premises contain Prospect Cottage, principal farmhouse of medieval Crookisnab - an irregular promontory seperating the two ancient villages of High and Low Harrogate. From 1814 to 1825 it was home to James Franklin, who in 1810 purchased for £9000 the whole of central Harrogate between York Place and the site of the Hotel Majestic. Until c.1780, Prospect Cottage was central Harrogate's only substantial building. Recorded plaque organisation: Harrogate Borough Council.

Prospect Cottage served as the principal farmhouse of medieval Crookisnab and was central Harrogate's only significant structure until around 1780; it later became the home of James Franklin from 1814 to 1825, who significantly shaped the area by purchasing much of central Harrogate in 1810.