The Cellars

LANDEWEDNACK CHURCH COVE SW 71 SW 9/59 The Cellars GV II Fish (pilchard) cellars and adjoining winch house, converted into a dwelling, circa early C19. Random rubble, mainly granite and serpentine. Slate hipped roofs. Apsidal roof of shingles to winch house. Comprising 2-storey main range to north with courtyard in front flanked by narrow single storey wings with open fronts to yard, their roofs supported on square granite posts. Enclosing the yard on south side at front a wall with central entrance with double doors and granite lintel. The external east side wall is corbelled out above plinth. Brick chimney stack in rear wall of north range. Winch house adjoining east with apsidal end. Wide winch opening and opening above in apsidal end, both having C20 windows inserted. Courtyard has sloping cobbled floor from west to east with channel to collect oil and salt from pressed pilchards. At the base of the east wall a conduit to carry the fish oil to storage tanks. The east wing now has a floor inserted. Front of main north range originally offices. The winch house still contains central capstan of green heart wood. Sources: Mrs Crain, An unsentimental journey through Cornwall, 1884. (Illustration of interior of winch house). C A Johns, A Week at the Lizard, 3rd edition, 1880s.

Listing NGR: SW7143712769