Listed Building: THE OLD DOLPHIN PUBLIC HOUSE, QUEEN STREET (1228932)

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.