The Old Ship Aground Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1976. Hospitality. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Ship Aground Public House
- WRENN ID
- lone-flue-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1976
- Type
- Hospitality
- Address
- The Old Ship Aground Public House, Quay Street, Minehead, TA24 5UL
- OS grid reference
- SS 970 471
- Coordinates
- 51.21383, -3.47515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Ship Aground Public House is a hotel that underwent remodelling in the 1880s, based on an earlier structure. It is built from rubblestone with freestone dressings and features a hipped slate roof with five large 20th-century dormers and three brick stacks on the south-west slope, one dormer on the south-east, and one dormer with two brick stacks on the north-west. The building has a rectangular plan and stands two storeys with an attic.
The south-west side has an 11-window range, while the south-east end, which faces the harbour, has a four-window range. On the first floor, there are four full-height French windows with small panes that open onto a balcony supported by two canted bays, which contain 6/6-pane sash windows. The left bay features a door with an overlight. The south-west facade primarily consists of 6/6-pane sash windows with rusticated surrounds and moulded arrisses. Above the ground-floor windows, there is a string course that is interrupted by a tall stair window on the left side, which has a mullion and two transoms.
On the north-west side, there are five 6/6-pane sash windows with brick surrounds on the first floor. The ground floor has a segmental brick arched double-doored entrance, along with a smaller 6/6-pane sash window with a brick surround to the right, and another smaller window also to the right. The interior has been altered on the ground floor. The former gate piers have been demolished. The building occupies a prominent position next to the quay and is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Ship Aground Public House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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