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Summary

Rugglestone Inn built in the 18th or early 19th century with later additions

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1260212: RUGGLESTONE INN

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/33
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 441398

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• INN (XVII to XIX - 1700 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Unknown, 1843, Widecombe in the Moor (Cartographic). SDV290272.

Field Number 494 described on the Apportionment as house and garden called 'Rugglestone'.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Rugglestone Inn (BH)' shown on 19th century map.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 936 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

Site visited on 14th August 1979. 'The Rugglestone' is now an inn. Rugglestone was the site of a painting and drawing school in the 19th century. Other details: Volume IV.

Department of Environment, 1986, Widecombe in the Moor, 122 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV289221.

Public house. Probably 18th or early 19th century, with additions to right and at rear. Granite rubble. Slated roof. Large projecting chimneystack in each gable-wall. Single-depth plan with later rear wing. Two storeys. Four windows wide; 19th century casements of varying sizes with glazing bars. The right-hand ground storey window has a granite lintel projecting slightly as a dripstone. Doorway, off-centre to left, has an old plank door - slated wooden hood, probably a late 19th century addition.

Quick, T., 1992, Dartmoor Inns, 109-110 (Monograph). SDV359976.

The Rugglestone serves a dual purpose; as accommodation for the landlady and secondly as an inn. The serving bar at the rear of the building is reached by the narrow passageway leading from the main door, the bar room or lounge is on the right. The inn is named after the enormous logan stone, to be found not far from the rear of the inn. It measures approximately 22 feet in length, by 16 feet wide and is said to weigh 115 tons.

English Heritage, 2011, Historic Houses Register (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV346128.

Rugglestone Inn is a public house Listed on 3rd November 1986. Probably built in the 18th or early 19th century, with additions to right and at rear. Granite rubble. Slated roof. Large projecting chimneystack in each gable-wall. Single-depth plan with later rear wing. Two storeys of Four windows wide; 19th century casements of varying sizes with glazing-bars. The right-hand ground-storey window has a granite lintel projecting slightly as a dripstone. Doorway, off-centre to left, has an old plank door; slated wooden hood, probably a late 19th century addition. Interior not inspected. Other details: LBS Number 441398.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

'Rugglestone Inn (BH)' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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