THE BORINGDON ARMS - IT’S HISTORY

Thought to have been built by Lord Boringdon (brother of Lord Morley, also one of the Parkers of Saltram) in the early eighteenth century as a Quarry master’s house. The ‘Bori’ was certainly a pub in 1771, as records show that the building was bought as an Ale House. In 1808 Langmaid’s Brewery leased the Bori from Lord Boringdon and the first known licensee was Isaac Pears in 1826. In the early 1970s the Bori was a Plymouth Brewery pub, they were taken over by Courage who altered the Bori, closed the Shipwright’s Inn (just down the terrace) and sold the Bori in the early 1980s.
Since the 1990s the Bori has become recognised as a traditional pub, serving home cooked meals and a vast choice of beers. Proving popular to visitors, locals and real ale devotees alike, Plymouth CamRA awarded the Bori the original and the latest Pub of the Year.
 

ABOUT TURNCHAPEL

Until the end of the 18th Century, Turnchapel was a small fishing village with a few boat yards built beside and partly within a Limestone quarry. Then in 1797, the 2nd Baron Boringdon, John Parker of Saltram enclosed part of Turnchapel as a dry dock; for some time it was the busiest shipyard in the Plymouth area.
The village was designated a Conservation Area in 1974, and is one of the few areas to have changed since the war. The South Devon Coast Path runs some 110 miles east from Plymouth, through Turnchapel, around the rejuvenated Mount Batten and all the way to Lyme Regis; often making the Bori the first and last port of call for many walkers. Also a popular stop off for those visiting by sea as the bustling Yacht Havens marina which nestles in front of Turnchapel protected by the Mount Batten headland.
 

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