New Inn Hotel

The New Inn Hotel is a hotel located in Bideford, dating from the early 19th century, with alterations made in the mid and late 19th century. It possibly includes parts of a 17th or 18th-century building. The structure features solid rendered walls and a hipped slate roof, with an old brick chimney on the ridge and additional chimneys at the rear. The building has a plan that is 2 or 3 rooms deep and 3 rooms wide, with an off-centre entrance passage that leads to a staircase behind the middle room. It stands three storeys tall, with two lower storeys at the rear due to the sloping ground, and has a four-window range.

The doorway is situated between the two left-hand ground-storey windows. The two upper-storey windows on the right are slightly apart, suggesting that this side may have been a later addition. The front door is a six-panelled design with a deep porch supported by columns featuring foliated capitals. Above the porch, there is a balcony that extends across the entire first floor, adorned with patterned iron railing, although the right-hand end is missing. The windows are framed with moulded architraves and mostly consist of barred sashes, with 8 over 8 panes on the ground storey, 6 over 6 panes on the second storey, and 3 over 6 panes on the third storey. The two left-hand second-storey windows are unique, featuring French windows with four panes per light. Between these windows is an inserted two-light wood casement with three panes per light. A sill-band on the second storey is partly hidden by a later balcony. The building has a modillioned eaves cornice.

On the left side wall facing Bridge Street, there are windows with 6-paned sashes and moulded architraves, some of which are paired within a single architrave. The rear section of the building is a storey lower and features a modillioned eaves cornice in the style of the 17th or 18th century. The rear elevation has been significantly remodeled in the late 19th century, including a gabled bay window with exposed timber framing, which is clearly visible from the opposite side of the river.

Inside, the ground storey has undergone considerable alterations in the late 20th century, but the original wooden open-well stair remains, featuring thin square balusters and shaped step-ends. The upper storeys have not been inspected.