Ye Olde Dolphin Inne, Queen Street, Derby - geograph

Ye Olde Dolphin Inne is a Grade II listed

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, on Queen Street, in the city of

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, England. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was built in the late 16th century, with the licence said to date from 1580, and is the oldest pub in Derby. The timber-framed exterior of the building was remodeled in the early 20th century. The pub appears on the 1620 map of John Speed. The 18th-century extension, on the left-hand side of the building in Full Street, was originally a doctor's house, wherein he dissected the bodies of criminals who had been hanged.

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Grade II listed buildings in Derby Grade II listed pubs in Derbyshire National Inventory Pubs Timber framed buildings in England {{pub-stub