King Of Prussia Inn

The King of Prussia Inn is a public house located on Fore Street in Bovey Tracey, dating from the 16th or 17th century, with a remodel in the late 19th century. The building has rendered solid walls, and the right-hand gable has been rebuilt in yellow brick. It features an asbestos-slated roof with a 20th-century red brick stack on the ridge, positioned off-centre to the right, and a large granite ashlar stack with a tapered cap and weatherings on the ridge, off-centre to the left. At the left-hand end of the rear wall, there is a large stone stack with thatch weatherings and an added red brick shaft. The original layout is uncertain, but the building's length suggests it may have had a traditional three-room plan, with the two large stacks indicating a possible fireplace at the upper end of the hall, which is a rare arrangement in Devon.

The inn is two storeys high and has a front that is four irregularly spaced windows wide, all featuring two-pane sashes with horns. The ground storey is rusticated with a moulded band above, and raised quoins flank both storeys, except at the right-hand end of the ground storey, where the corner is rounded off. The second storey above has a corner supported by a large moulded corbel. The ground storey includes two doorways alternating with three windows, along with a large cart entrance at the right-hand end. The left-hand doorway aligns with the large stack on the ridge, suggesting that this may have originally been a lobby-entry house. All openings are accented with slender flanking shafts and voussoirs marked in the render. The second-storey windows have jambs with raised quoins and bracketed sills. The interior has not been fully inspected, but the bar retains much of its late Victorian character, and early features of interest are likely to be concealed beneath plaster.