The Olde Ship

The Olde Ship is an historic building in Pilling, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1782 for sea captain and slave trader[1] George Dickinson (1732–1806),[2] and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England.[3][4]

The Olde Ship
The Old Ship
The Ship Inn
The building in 2015, after its 2011 restoration to return brickwork to its façade
LocationPilling, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53.92898°N 2.91109°W / 53.92898; -2.91109
AreaBorough of Wyre
Built1782
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated17 April 1967
Reference no.1361882
Location of The Olde Ship in the Borough of Wyre
The Olde Ship (Lancashire)

The building was used as a farmhouse, owned by a Mr Whiteside, in 1815,[5] while William Armer was landlord, when the property was a public house, for 36 years, retiring in 1927 at the age of 68.[6]

The village smithy adjoined the inn. It is now a private residence.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 211
  2. The Old Ship, Pilling – Geograph.co.uk
  3. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 503
  4. Historic England & 1361882
  5. General View of the Agriculture of Lancashire, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain), R. W. Dickson, William Stevenson (1815), p. 587
  6. William Armer & Mary Bailey – The Armers of Lancashire, 4 May 2017

Sources

  • Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  • Historic England, "The Old Ship, Pilling (1361882)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 December 2015
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