The Old Ship Inn

SK 5878 NW WORKSOP BRIDGE STREET (West side)

7/37 13.2.67 No.134 The Old Ship Inn

G.V. II*

Inn. Late C16; restored to original form and rear wing added, 1938. Timber framed, rendered, with pantile roofs. 2 storeys plus garrets, 2 gabled bays, L-plan. Main east front has, to left, canted corner flanked by jowled timber posts with strapwork panels, framing glazing bar fixed light. To right, a similar glazing bar fixed light; to its right, 2 leaf door with bracketed hood; beyond, 3 glazing bar lights, and beyond again, door flanked by 2 jowled timber posts with strapwork panels. Above, to left, gabled oriel window on brackets, with 7 C20 casements; to right, 2 glazing bar casements, and beyond, gabled oriel window on stepped brackets, with 10 glazing bar casements. Above again, right gable has single Yorkshire sash. Southern rear wing, coursed squared rubble, timber framing, rendering, with ashlar dressings, 2 storeys, 3 bays, has 2 mullioned and 7 plain casements, and to right, moulded ashlar doorway with hood. Interior has 5 moulded span beams and moulded joists, section of linenfold panelling with naturalistic frieze, and above, 3 rooms with framed oak panelling, moulded span beams and moulded plaster cornices. Central room has C17 panelled overmantel with chip- carving and naturalistic frieze. 2 unusual C17 7 panelled doors, and one C18 plank door. Above again, spiral oak staircase with square newel. Principal rafter roof with strutted tenoned purlins.

Listing NGR: SK5844178604