Weary Ploughman Public House

The Weary Ploughman Public House, formerly known as Churston Links Hotel, is located on Brixham Road in Churston Ferrers. It was built in the early 1860s and features solid rendered walls and a hipped slated roof, with rendered chimneys that have prominent flat caps. The building has a double-fronted, double-depth plan, with a secondary block set back to the left. It stands two storeys high and is three windows wide, with two additional windows in the secondary block.

The main entrance has a doorway flanked by Doric pilasters that support an entablature. The windows are adorned with moulded architraves, with those on the ground storey featuring friezes and cornices that extend to the sills of the upper windows. The ground storey windows have barred sashes with six over six panes, while the second storey windows have three over six panes. A raised band is present at cornice-level in the ground storey, along with a deep flat eaves-cornice.

The right side wall mirrors the front, featuring a central doorway with a raised moulded surround and entablature, and barred sashes in the left-hand window of each storey. The left side wall has one window of the same design per storey, also with barred sashes, except for the upper sash in the ground storey. The secondary block, which is closest to Brixham Road, resembles the main building but has plain window surrounds and barred sashes in the front and left side walls.

The interior, which was only partially inspected, consists of public rooms on the ground storey that have been significantly altered. The building is adjacent to Churston Station, which was likely the Station Hotel mentioned in directories from 1866 onwards. The station, originally called Brixham Road, opened in 1861 as part of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, with the Torbay and Brixham Railway following in 1868.