Description

SK 5878 NW WORKSOP BRIDGE STREET
(West side)

7/37
13.2.67
No.134
The Old Ship Inn

G.V. II*

Inn. Late C16; restored to original form and rear wing added,
1938. Timber framed, rendered, with pantile roofs. 2 storeys
plus garrets, 2 gabled bays, L-plan. Main east front has, to
left, canted corner flanked by jowled timber posts with strapwork
panels, framing glazing bar fixed light. To right, a similar
glazing bar fixed light; to its right, 2 leaf door with
bracketed hood; beyond, 3 glazing bar lights, and beyond again,
door flanked by 2 jowled timber posts with strapwork panels.
Above, to left, gabled oriel window on brackets, with 7 C20
casements; to right, 2 glazing bar casements, and beyond, gabled
oriel window on stepped brackets, with 10 glazing bar casements.
Above again, right gable has single Yorkshire sash. Southern
rear wing, coursed squared rubble, timber framing, rendering,
with ashlar dressings, 2 storeys, 3 bays, has 2 mullioned and 7
plain casements, and to right, moulded ashlar doorway with hood.
Interior has 5 moulded span beams and moulded joists, section of
linenfold panelling with naturalistic frieze, and above, 3 rooms
with framed oak panelling, moulded span beams and moulded plaster
cornices. Central room has C17 panelled overmantel with chip-
carving and naturalistic frieze. 2 unusual C17 7 panelled doors,
and one C18 plank door. Above again, spiral oak staircase with
square newel. Principal rafter roof with strutted tenoned
purlins.

Listing NGR: SK5844178604

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547274

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair