Description

893/2/227 QUEEN STREET
24-FEB-77 THE OLD DOLPHIN PUBLIC HOUSE

II

Public house. Late C16, much restored in the early C20. Timber-framed and rendered. Clay tile roof, partly with old tiles.
PLAN. Corner site. L-shaped. A passage on the right (formerly a public thoroughfare), has rooms and staircases Two bars on the Queen Street front with a lounge and a small snug. Central bar. Restaurant upstairs.
EXTERIOR. On left gable at right angles to the street. A further gable on the return. Extensive half-timbering on the first storey but this dates from an early C20 remodelling. Casement windows of 2-, 3-, and 4-lights, all C20.
INTERIOR. In the restaurant upstairs large C16 beams exposed. In the snug and lounge an early C20 remodelling including thefull-height panelling. Glazed screen between the servery and snug. Parts of the wall seating probably C19. Bell-pushes in the bar on the street corner.
HISTORY. Derby's oldest pub with the licence said to date from 1580.

Listing NGR: SK3520236561

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Ye Olde Dolphin Inne at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q18161029

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  For the Record
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings