Miners Arms Inn

The Miners Arms Inn is a public house dating back to the 17th century, with extensions circa the early 18th century, a date of 1775 marked in plaster, and further additions in the 19th century. It is constructed of killas rubble, coursed killas, elvan, and granite, with brick dressings, some slate hanging, and has dry Delabole slate roofs with gable ends. A lateral brick stack is located at the rear towards the right, and a stone stack sits over the gable end of the front wing, dating to the 18th century.

The building has an irregular plan. The original long, two-room range from the 17th century was extended to the right-hand side. A parlour wing was added at right angles circa the early 18th century, projecting slightly to provide a stair hall and probably another parlour. In the late 18th or 19th century, a probable forge was built forward of the parlour wing, and a wing was built on the left in the 19th century, projecting at right angles. Local folklore suggests a tunnel connecting the Miners Arms Inn to The Old Manor House across the road.

The exterior largely retains its 19th-century appearance. The front features a 19th-century gable-end built forward on the left, followed by the original front section, the forge built forward of the projecting parlour wing, and a circa early 18th-century front with a moulded and modillioned wooden eaves cornice. Most windows are circa late 19th or 20th century horned sashes, set in 18th- or 19th-century openings. On the left-hand wall of the parlour wing, there is good 18th-century masonry with a ground-floor window spanned by a shallow dressed stone arch and a blocked stair window above. The opposite wall of the parlour wing contains one original 18th-century six-paned window with wide glazing bars.

The interior of the earlier part of the building retains 17th-century chamfered hardwood ceiling beams with ogee stops. A large fireplace on the left side was removed in the 20th century, while a smaller fireplace remains under the later stone stack at the rear of the right-hand part. The 18th-century section includes patterned plaster ceilings with moulded ribs (two concentric ovals with a diamond shape at the centre and a large moulded cornice), dado panelling, a corner cupboard with shaped shelves, moulded doorframes, and a two-panel door in the parlour. A moulded plaster ceiling cornice in the passage behind the parlour, a ceiling dated 1775 with a dentilled cornice and Arabesques, fielded panelling, and a dog-leg stair with turned balusters are also present in the stair hall. Further interesting features may exist in uninspected areas.