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Date of photo: 1965	Picture source: John Farmer
The Dolphin was situated on Chapel Street. This grade-II listed pub is now in residential use.
Listed building details:
Inn, now house. Datestone M/IE/1727. Ashlar ironstone to front, regular coursed ironstone rubble to sides and rear; stone slate roof to front, Welsh slate roof to rear. 2 brick end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys; 6 windows to first floor, one blocked. Off-centre door to right is 4-panelled with distinctive canopy. 3 windows to left, 2 windows to right. All are wooden mullioned and transomed windows with keystoned flat arches. 4-light stone mullioned window to cellar on left. Windows noted as having elaborate wrought iron casement fasteners. Flat band to first floor. Stone copings. Rear: Stone sundial to right end. Interior: Noted as having plan of kitchen, hall and parlour; spacious cellars with stone barrel vault. History: The Dolphin was built as a farmhouse by James Eden, the principal farmer in the parish in the 1720s.
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