Pubs in Newton Abbot
Wolborough Inn
Grade II Listed
Originally a house, now an inn. Early/mid C19. Painted stucco, slate roof
with wide eaves and brick stacks to gable ends.
Two etched glass windows to the right of the entrance are of interest, as they refer to the now defunct Starkey Knight and Ford brewery, with the addition of the wording 'Gold Medal Ales' and 'Tiverton Ales' respectively. With its beamed ceilings, simply decorated, and furnished with an assortment of tables and seating, it retains an air of relaxing homeliness.
The deeds for the houses and for a farmhouse dated 1745, on the same site are on display in the bar.
Locomotive Inn
Grade II Listed
This 17th-century Grade II listed building has a rubble-stone and timber façade, and is thought to have originally been two separate cottages. It has a single L-shaped bar over two rooms, with an open fireplaces in each, timber beams, dark wood panelling and both exposed and painted stone walls.
A deep overhang of the roof to front is supported by exposed extended joists. The ground floor has been extended forward with a continuous lean-to roof.
INTERIOR: 2 timber newel staircases to inside left and inside right. That to the right is complete and extends through two floors, the lower stage of that to left is broken and unusable. Attic has wide oak planks and 2 small open fireplaces with timber lintels against rear wall, that to right has a C18 hob grate, that to left is blocked. C18/19 six-bay collar-truss roof with pegged face-lapped collars. The ceiling to first-floor left has a C17 ovolo-moulded axial beam. To the rear left of ground floor is a small open fire with repositioned oak lintel and C17 wide-planked door with moulded joints and wrought-iron hinges, now half-glazed.
The Dartmouth Inn
Grade II Listed
Formerly known as: The Great Dane
Late C17, remodelled early C19. Incised stucco probably over a timber frame, slate roof
The pub is on two levels, abounds with timber beams, timber panelling, columns, stone walls and large open fireplaces. On the higher level is the main L-shaped bar. To the right down two steps is the 'Tap Room', which has an open fireplace
Ye Olde Cider Bar
Grade II Listed
Originally three houses. 1838 (deeds) replacing a farmhouse of 1745 (deeds).
Outside painted roughcast over stone rubble and possibly cob, slate roof with a square right-of-entre ridge stack, tall stacks to the forward slopes of the gable ends and rear wing.
The deeds for the houses and for a farmhouse dated 1745, on the same site are on display in the bar.