James Paine, Black Bull Inn, Pontefract, Bank of Leatham and Tew, John Leatham, and 3 others

This blue commemorative plaque records: Mid eighteenth Century house attributed to James Paine. Before 1776 the Black Bull Inn, then a private house and by 1801 the Bank of Leatham and Tew which merged with Barclays in 1906. Original stone facade and railings.

James Paine was a prominent architect active in the mid-eighteenth century known for his contributions to Georgian architecture; the Black Bull Inn became significant as it later housed the Bank of Leatham and Tew, reflecting the economic development of Pontefract.