The pubs in the Teign Valley are mostly situated either side of the B3193 north of the A38.
1) The Bridford
2) The Teign House Inn, Cristow
3) The Cridford Inn, Trusham
Grade II Listed
Originally a house, said to have been a Nunnery, now an Inn, probably C15/C16 with floors inserted Built from rendered stone rubble and cob walls. Corrugated iron roof, originally thatched with gable ends. Curved front wall and slightly serpentine rear wall with bowed stair projection. 2 storeys. There is a C16 oak mullioned window with a rebate for a shutter in outer frame. Leaded glass in this and most other windows is circa 1980. C20 extension to right.
Interior has multiple oak beams. Oak lintels over fireplaces in rooms 1, 2 and 3. Fireplace in room 3 has monolith granite jambs and ovolo-moulded lintel from another building inserted circa 1980 below original one.
Date of 1081 in mosaic floor under cobbled floor is said to have been seen when repairs were carried out.
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4) The Palk Arms, Hennock
The building is in three parts. The front bar dates from 1633, the middle bar 1790, and the back bar overlooking the valley is 1970. It was added to exploit the view. The pub is named after Leonard Palk, one of the founders of Torbay as we know it today. He was a true eccentric and declared himself Earl of Haldon. In those times there were three Palk Arms in the local area but now just one - this is the only Palk Arms in the country. Originally this was a cider house till the early 1900s - pre-dating beer. There were two pubs next door to each other in the village, The Palk and The Union, and legend has it that The Union sold ale before ale was allowed to be sold. It had no front door and no way in. The way in was through the Palk's cellar - the priest hole went through to next door, so at times of raid by the enforcement agencies all the locals used to come back to the Palk and drink cider. Beer became legal later and there were then two pubs vying for trade which didn’t work long term.
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5) The Ship Inn, Chudleigh
8) The Claycutters Arms, Chudleigh Knighton
Grade II Listed
Built second half of C16 or very early C17; right-hand end may be earlier. Later additions at front and rear. Roughcast cob and stone. Wheat reed thatched roof.
In C17 the plan seems to have comprised 3 rooms and a through-passage, with the addition of an entrance porch at the front and a newel stair with small adjacent room at the rear, behind the hall and inner room. The inner room end, however, is lower and separated from the rest by a solid wall; it could be the remains of an earlier house. The lower end has either been remodelled or extended in C18 or C19, a further range being built on behind it in C19. Kitchen added at rear in C20.
A granite block carved with the date 1666 is is said to have been re-cut, the original date being 1606.
The building is said to have been divided into 4 cottages at one time, the left-hand cottage only having been the public house.
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9) The Artichoke Inn, Christow
Grade II Listed
Circa late C17 or earlier origins with several phases of interior remodelling and extension. Whitewashed plastered cob and stone rubble thatched roof
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