The Ship Inn

WOKINGHAM PEACH STREET SU 8168 NW (North side) 18/63 Nos. 104-108 (even) (The Ship Inn) 2.10.69 G.V. II Includes Nos. 2 and 4 Wiltshire Road. Inn and stables, now public house. Early C18 and C19, altered late C20; with early C16 wing facing Wiltshire Road. Part timber framed with painted brick infill, part brick. Hipped and gabled irregular old tile roofs. 3 framed bays wing; small irregular extensions on north, some with thin framing. One and 2 storeys. Very large flank chimney on right of main section with 3 truncated diamond shafts on rectangular base, one tall chimney on front lower roof slope and one on left, both with offset heads. All have tall clay pots. South front of main part:- black, rendered plinth, brick string course, and raised eaves. Sash windows with glazing bars, tripartite on both floors on left hand, on right hand on first floor. Corner window at angle return on ground floor on right with plain, fixed lights. Entrance lobby left of centre with pair of glazed and panelled doors. To left of this the former one storey stables, now with 2 segmental headed sash windows with glazing bars. East front:- Nos. 2 and 4 Wiltshire Road, 2 storey, timber framed exposed, underbuilt in brick. Right hand return gable in C20 brick. Irregular C19 casements, plain central door and early C20 door and 3-light casement in angle with main part. Interior of C16 part:- frame exposed with jowled posts, large curved braces, redundant crown post roof with clasped purlins. This building occupies an important corner site and together with the adjacent Church of All Saints (listed separately) forms an important entry to the town from the east.

Listing NGR: SU8150168752