17 North Street
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The privately owned house towards the top of North Street still proudly displays the name it had for many years, and its large garage doors show where the entrance to the pub yard had been. Please respect the privacy of the residents.
The Maltsters Arms is recorded as a public house run by Stephen Pascoe from 1791 to the 1820s, and then by Alice Treleaven. Through the 1840s it was run by William Hoar, whose family were also associated with the Dolphin. By 1852 it had come into the ownership of William Jago, who leased it to Richard Hicks and Co., Plymouth wine and spirit merchants. Its publicans included Francis Scantlebury and new owner William Bartlett. The pub had a troubled time after 1879: William Bartlett sold to William Levers and there were seven landlords in the five years up to 1884. In that year, the pub lost its license and closed for good.
The pub may originally have been known as the Malt Shovel, as its signboard is reported to have depicted three malt shovels of the kind illustrated below.
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