Old Ship Inn

The Old Ship Inn is an inn dating from around 1750, with later alterations and additions, including a 19th-century two-storey service wing at the rear left. The building is constructed of rubble and stucco, topped with a slate roof and rendered sides. It features a central entrance, which originally had rooms on both the right and left sides at the front and rear, with a staircase in the room to the rear left. Currently, the right side is one large room with a single-storey addition from the 20th century, while the room to the rear left is open to the ground floor.

The inn has three storeys and two windows. The ground floor displays a fine wooden doorcase with fluted pilasters and a frieze, topped by a pediment with fluting. It has a 20th-century door, a 12-pane 20th-century light to the right, and a 4-pane sash window to the left. The first floor features two 4-pane sashes, and there are two 20th-century lights on the second floor. The building has a plinth and a modillion cornice. At the rear, the service wing includes two windows, two doors at ground level, and three 20th-century casements, while the first floor has a 12-pane sash window with sidelights and a 20th-century window.

Inside, the front door once opened into a passage, and the former rear passage door is now a 20th-century glazed door. The room to the left has a plaster frieze with beading, similar to that found at The Balcony on Garrett Street, and fielded dado panelling. There are cupboards on the outer wall with fluted pilasters and circular fretwork above, resembling those at Balcony Cottage on Garrett Street. The winder stair is boxed in at the front of the room to the rear left, featuring ovolo-moulded panelling on the sides. It is said that Admiral Nelson stayed here in the 18th century, and Gracie Fields visited in the 20th century.