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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)