Ship Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. Coaching inn. 7 related planning applications.
Ship Inn
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1984
- Type
- Coaching inn
- Address
- Ship Inn, Thornbury Road, Alveston, BS35 3LL
- OS grid reference
- ST 634 883
- Coordinates
- 51.59263, -2.52844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ship Inn is a coaching inn dating back to the 17th century, with later alterations and additions. It features a mix of rubble and rendered surfaces, topped with a slate and pantiled roof that has brick gable stacks. The building has an F-plan layout, with the main block standing two storeys high and featuring a symmetrical arrangement of windows. To the left, there is a lower two-storey projecting wing that was originally open at the ground floor, showcasing round-headed arches with gauged brick heads, stone keys, and impost blocks, all painted. This area now has 20th-century windows set in recesses, all with glazing bars. The first floor includes 19th-century two-pane sashes, while the right side features a pair of 18th-century sashes in exposed boxes. The ground floor windows on the canted bay have a cornice and parapet, and similar windows on the left wing have a decorative frieze, both also with glazing bars.
The north wing has a ground floor sash in an exposed box, a two-light mullioned window with leaded lights, a blocked door, a three-light window, and a 16-pane sash on the first floor. The single-storey south wing includes a similar two-light window and a 20th-century door. The rear of the building has two irregular gables on the main block and one on the north wing, all featuring timber verges. The ground floor has a canted bay and a sash in an exposed box on the first floor, along with other irregular 20th-century windows and extensions. Inside, the inn retains chamfered beams, a stone flagged floor, and one 17th-century door with strap hinges on the first floor.
Local climate
Ship Inn receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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