Angel Hotel

The Angel Hotel is a town house that once served as an excise house and temporary gaol for smugglers, later becoming a public house. It dates back to the 16th century and was built for the Godolphins. The building was refronted in the early 19th century, featuring a rendered front over local rubble, with a plinth, a first-floor sill string, a mid-floor band, and sill brackets at the second floor. It has an asbestos slate roof that is hipped on the right and projecting eaves supported by brackets. The structure has a deep plan that incorporates the core of the original 16th-century house and stands three storeys tall with a slightly irregular four-window range. The windows are early to mid-19th century hornless sashes with glazing bars, except for the third window from the left on the first floor, where the glazing bars have been removed. Above the central doorway, which features a moulded granite 4-centred arch from the 16th century, is an early 19th-century Doric porch with unfluted columns. A 20th-century scrolled balustrade sits above the porch, and there is an old inscription in relief reading "EXCISE OFFICE" on the string behind it. The rear of the building has three 12-pane hornless sashes leading to the ballroom.

Inside, the front room on the left retains original chamfered ceiling beams and bowtell-moulded joists, similar to those found in The Manor House, Grampound. There is an original 4-centred arched doorway leading to the former rear of the through-passage, along with a chamfered jamb to a nearby doorway and chamfered joists in part of the passage. The late 18th-century ballroom features an original bowed balcony with a turned balustrade. The Angel Hotel holds significant local historical associations and is a prominent feature in this notable street.