Ship Inn Saltburn

This glass plate image of The Ship Inn in Old Saltburn obviously predates the improvements to the Brotton road. Callum Duff advises us: ”The building to the right is actually the Lifeboat House, demolished after the auction of Saltburn’s last lifeboat in 1924 (The Mary Batger) and also to allow the road to be widened.” To the right of the Lifeboat House was another row of cottages which included a further two public houses: the Dolphin Inn, the Nimrod Inn; two gin shops and a shop. The cottages extending to the left of the view beyond the Ship Inn are much more extensive than today. This probably means the image is pre 1924, unless we can be advised otherwise?

Image courtesy of Geoff Patton; many thanks to Callum Duff for updating our information and datings.