The Dolphin Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1990. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
The Dolphin Inn
- WRENN ID
- narrow-sentry-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1990
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Dolphin Inn, Kingston, TQ7 4QE
- OS grid reference
- SX 635 477
- Coordinates
- 50.31425, -3.91761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dolphin Inn is an inn that dates from the 17th or 18th century and has undergone significant modifications. It is constructed of rubble and rendered at the back, featuring an asbestos cement slate roof, some slate on the outshuts, and one section covered with corrugated iron. The front of the building, which is continuous with Park Cottage to the left, has two storeys and displays three over four windows, all of which are two-light timber casements with wood lintels and mostly include glazing bars. There is a four-panel flush door to the left of center, which is sheltered by a timber hood.
On the right side, there is a large stepped external stack made of brick, along with a decorative frieze that features two dolphins and the name "Dolphin Inn." The back of the building has a stair projection towards the left end and a plank door, as well as two added outshuts, one of which partly overlaps Park Cottage. A second brick stack is located at the former gable end. The interior has been largely opened up, with the right room featuring a large bressummer fireplace that has a substantial stone lintel above it, along with remnants of a spiral stair.
Local climate
The Dolphin Inn receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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