This pub dates from 1870-1880 but we have very limited information available following the pub sale from Punch Taverns to Star (Heineken UK) in March 2018. Live beer (real ale) is confirmed as not available here (April 2023).
Historic Interest
Grade-II listed 9/11/98, exterior listed, interior may be of interest. List Entry No 138 6473, Legacy System No 473860. Public house. c1870-80. Stucco; slate or asbestos slate hipped roof behind heavily-moulded parapet entablature; stuccoed lateral stack with moulded cornice near centre of front. Shallow double-depth plan with entrance to splayed corner. 3 storeys; 2:1:4-window 1st-floor range including left-hand return. Late C19 4-pane horned sashes; channelled rustication and segmental arches to ground floor (right) string above; moulded 1st-floor architraves with tall keys rising to moulded hoods; simpler 2nd-floor architraves with rounded upper corners and sill brackets. Corner shopfront has full-width moulded entablature over 1:1:2:1 bays divided by pilasters; there are doorways with overlights and panelled doors to 2nd from left and to right-hand bays; the shop windows are transomed and have margin lights over panelled stall risers. INTERIOR: not inspected but may be as unaltered as the exterior. Part of a good group of buildings in the centre of Devonport.
Shakespeare, Plymouth