Goldings Flats

Goldings Flats is a former staging inn, later a hotel and public house, that dates from the mid 18th century. It was partially demolished in the mid 20th century to make way for a new road and has since been converted into flats with shops on the ground floor. The building is constructed of stuccoed rubblestone and features a slate roof, with a gable end on the right and a hipped end on the left. The plan has been significantly altered, and the structure stands two storeys high with an attic.

The front facade has a regular arrangement of three windows. On the ground floor, there is a partly glazed 8-panel door to the left, a 12-pane sash window with horns in the center, and the original entrance to the right, which is now fitted with a 20th-century shop window that lacks glazing bars. The original porch is supported by two round columns on square bases with round caps, and it features a plain entablature with a moulded cornice.

On the first floor, there are three 16-pane sash windows with horns, each with moulded cills, and a modillion eaves cornice. Above, there are three full dormer windows with 20th-century fenestration and hipped slate roofs that have sprocketted eaves. The right-hand wall was rebuilt after the range to the right was demolished, and the ground floor now has 20th-century shop windows.

Historically, coaches traveling from Plymouth to Launceston would change horses at the New Inn during the early 19th century. The establishment later became known as Goldings Hotel and then as The Blue Cap. Jacob Geach managed the hotel until 1764, and by 1786, it was noted to have 11 lodging rooms. The impressive 18th-century stabling at the rear could accommodate up to 50 animals. In 1880, an embattled Gothic arch made of evergreens was noted to stand outside. The interior of the building has not been inspected.