The Ship Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Inn. 4 related planning applications.

The Ship Inn

WRENN ID
tall-plaster-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
Inn
Address
The Ship Inn, Martin's Lane, EX1 1EY
OS grid reference
SX 920 926
Coordinates
50.72356, -3.53026
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ship Inn is a building that dates back to the 16th century but has been extensively altered and rebuilt in the 19th century and modern times. It has three storeys and four windows, with mostly modern features, although there are some 18th-century sash windows present. The front of the building has been considerably altered and restored, featuring an overhanging timber structure with one gable. The carved work at the first-floor level is not very convincing, and the central part of the front and the treatment of the ground floor appear to be quite recent. The building has a slate roof and is said to have been frequented by Sir Francis Drake.

Local climate

The Ship Inn receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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