Ship In Dock Inn

DARTMOUTH

SX8751 RIDGE HILL 673-1/5/204 (South side) 23/10/72 Nos.1 AND 1A Ship in Dock Inn

GV II

Public house with accommodation over. According to the date plaque there was a house built in 1656 here, but it was rebuilt in 1871. Plastered stone rubble, with front lightly blocked out as ashlar; central axial stack, right end, rear and front lateral stacks with rendered brick chimneyshafts and pots; slate roof. PLAN: Single-depth with a 4-room plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 4-window range. Sashes of 4/4 panes on the upper floors. Left 2-window section has stucco hoodmoulds with leafy label stops (similar one-window section on the left return onto Clarence Street). House doorway to right of main front has a fielded 6-panel door. Main doorway to left of main front has a fielded 8-panel door and overlight and moulded stucco floating cornice above. Date plaque set between the two 2-window sections at first-floor level, inscribed "E." and "E.C." with the date 1656 above the intials "R.N.", and then "Rebuilt 1871 W.H.N." Roof is gable-ended to right and hipped to left with a broad curve round the corner. INTERIOR: Only partially inspected. The bars are superficially the result of C20 modernisations. The right-hand house stair has stick balusters, and more C19 joinery and other features probably survive on the upper floors.

Listing NGR: SX8785751687