Moorcock Inn, Langdale End

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The Moorcock Inn is a historic pub in Darncombe-cum-Langdale End, North Yorkshire, England. It began life as a farmhouse and later became a pub. Some sources say it was built in 1640, but Historic England dates it to the late 18th century. It was named after a racehorse that won the Richmond Gold Cup three years in a row. The building was extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Martindale family ran it from 1893 to 1989. It was restored in 1992, with more serving areas added. By 2014 the main room had no bar, with drinks served from a hatch. It closed in 2020.

It is a Grade II listed building (since 1987). The pub is built of sandstone with a pantile roof and has a two-storey main block of two bays, plus single-storey extensions. The front has two doorways and sash windows, ground-floor windows with stone lintels and upper-floor lintels of timber. Inside, there is a 19th-century range by Candler of Scarborough and an early ladder stair to the loft.