Wellington Hotel

The Wellington Hotel, now a public house and hotel, likely has origins in the 17th century, but was largely rebuilt in 1853. It is constructed of slate stone rubble with slate roofing, although different roof materials are present on various wings, including bitumen-coated rag slate and a section of rag slate with a hipped end. A brick end stack is located on the left side. The building has an overall ‘U’ shaped plan. The front range features a blocked carriage entrance with a segmental dressed stone arch and a 3-storey elevation in the center, a 2-storey elevation on the left side where the ground rises, and a 4-storey tower-like extension to the right. The front has a 5:1 window arrangement, with a 12-pane sash window on the ground floor, and five 12-pane hornless sashes with crown glass and brick segmental arches on the first and second floors. The tower-like extension has a curved facade, an entrance on the right, and three 12-pane hornless sashes on each of the first, second, and third floors; a possibly 15th-century stone window has been reset below the castellated parapet. A rear wing on the right has a 4-storey, 3-window elevation, and a lower, 2-storey wing with a battlemented parapet above an early 20th-century entrance porch. The interior of the ground floor has been remodelled, with a long serving bar in the right-hand wing. Four stained glass windows, originally from the Royal Hotel in Bodmin and commemorating Queen Victoria's 1846 visit, are present. There are lamps possibly designed by Thomas Hardy, originally from St Juliot’s Church. Fireplaces have been largely remodelled with 20th-century grates, and the ceiling beams are unmoulded and roughly cut. Originally known as the Boscastle Hotel, the building was renamed the Wellington Hotel in 1852 after the Duke of Wellington’s death. The River Jordan flows beneath the building.