Old Country House Inn

The Old Country House Inn is a public house located on Market Street in Dartmouth, likely built around 1830 and modernized in the late 19th century. It features a mix of construction materials, including plastered brick, stone rubble, and slate-hung timber-framing, with a rear stack that has a brick chimney shaft and some older pots, all topped by a slate roof.

The building has an L-plan layout, with a later two-storey lean-to section on the left side of the front. It stands three storeys tall, with what appears to be an original symmetrical two-window front that is disrupted by the lean-to bay on the left. The ground floor showcases a striking late 19th-century glazed tile front, with four irregular windows (now modern) separated by single or paired panelled pilasters in pale and darker green tiles. A decorative tile panel advertising Star Ales from the Plymouth Brewery is positioned right of centre, while the entrance is a recessed corner doorway with part-glazed double doors. This corner is supported by a fluted ceramic column topped with a Corinthian capital.

The same decorative style continues for two bays along the Union Street return. The fascia above is interrupted by triglyphs, one located over each pilaster. The upper floors are slate-hung, featuring a band of scallop-shaped slates at the second-floor level, and the windows are late 19th-century horned four-pane sashes. A pediment over the cornice, supported by pairs of brackets, is painted with the name "Royal Union Inn," reflecting its former title. The right return mirrors the front's style but only has windows in the rear bay, including a horned second-floor four-pane sash. The building has a hipped roof.

Inside, the structure has been significantly altered, with 20th-century stairs and exposed framing. This area of Dartmouth was developed in the 1820s and 1830s on the site of an infilled tidal mill pool and features a notable collection of early 19th-century buildings around the Market Square.