Danescombe Hotel And Attached Front Wall And Railings

CALSTOCK LOWER KELLY, Calstock SX 4268-4368 9/244 Danescombe Hotel and attached front wall and railings II Large house, now in use as an hotel, with attached front wall and railings. Circa 1860, with few later alterations. Rendered stone rubble. Hipped slate roof with stacks to sides with rendered shafts. Plan: Double depth plan, with principal room to front left and right and central entrance ; service rooms to rear. The house is built into the bank at the rear, and faces the River Tamar. Exterior: 3 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front ; all windows are C19 2-light casements ; at ground floor there are panelled double doors to centre, with French window to right and left. At the ground and first floor there is a verandah with tented roof and wooden lattice balustrade and scalloped valance. The front wall is in rubble, surmounted by railings with knob finials, the stanchions with trefoil finials. Interior: Not inspected. The Danescombe Hotel is in a prominent position on the bank of the River Tamar ; it was built by the Edgcumbe family of Cotehele, and can be seen from the Chapel of St George and St Thomas a Becket (q.v.) Sources: Tamar Valley Project.

Listing NGR: SX4266468903