The image is a blue plaque on a stone wall. The plaque is circular in shape and has a white background. On the top left corner, there is a coat of arms with a shield and a crown on top. Below the shield, it reads "Blind Jack of Knaresborough (John Metcalf) was born in 1717 in a cottage whose garden adjoining the churchyard. Though blinded by smallpox at the age of six, he became famous as a musician, guide, horseman, trader and pioneer builder of roads. He died in 1810 and is buried in Spofforth churchyard." The plaque also has the words "Knaresborough Civic Society 2007" written on it.