Beach Cottage And Wall Attached To Rear

ST GORAN CHURCH STREET (east side), SX 0041 0141 Gorran Haven 5/93 Beach Cottage and wall attached to - rear

GV II

House with boundary wall attached to rear. Late C18-early C19, with C20 alterations. Rendered stone rubble. Concrete tiled roof, hipped to left and with gable end to right. End stack to left with rendered shaft. Partly slate-hung. Plan: 2-room plan, with one room to front heated from an end stack to left and one room to rear. At the rear, the house is built over a fish cellar which faces on to the beach. The wall is attached to rear left and encloses a small yard at the rear of the house. Exterior: 2 storeys, asymmetrical one-window front. At ground and first floor to left there is a C19 12-pane sash. To right a C20 half-glazed door. The right side abuts the adjoining house. At the left side there is a small ventilator to the cellar and a C19 12-pane sash at ground floor. At the rear, the wall is battered at cellar level; at ground floor there is a 2-light window with external shutters and late C19 4-pane sash at first floor. The wall enclosing the yard is battered; painted at lower level and rendered above. The rear room of the house projects beyond the Mermaid Cafe (q.v.) which is attached to right; this forms a two-storey rear wing. On the inner side, this is slate-hung with C20 2-light casement at ground floor and two late C19 8-pane sashes at first floor. Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX0129241588