Lugger Hotel

The Lugger Hotel is a public house that dates back to the 17th century and was remodeled and extended to the right around 1900. It features a pebbledash exterior on a timber frame, with two gables facing the street and painted rubble at the rear. The right-hand roof has a dry slate covering, while the other roof is covered with asbestos slate. The building has shaped barge boards and a deep plan, with a gable facing the street and a parallel, narrower wing added on the right.

The hotel is three storeys tall, with the left-hand part having a second floor that is partly in the roof space, while the wing is taller. The original front includes a six-light oriel window supported by three brackets on the second floor, and a rare original twelve-light oak ovolo-moulded mullioned window that spans the full width of the first floor. The wing features original circa 1900 transomed windows set between moulded strings. Above the ground floor is a pentice slate roof, with the left-hand part previously jet tied.

The ground floor has a full-width original circa 1900 shop front with leaded glazing in the transomed overlight and the lower part of the main lights. The doorway is located towards the left and another on the right, with vermiculated rustication on the stuccoed end pilasters. At the rear, there is a two-window range, with the left-hand window featuring a 17th-century ovolo-moulded lintel and a six-pane light from an old casement window. The other window is a 20th-century twelve-pane two-light casement under a 17th-century chamfered lintel. The ground floor also has a tall central doorway beneath a similar chamfered lintel, along with two small window openings under oak lintels to the right of the doorway, and a later or enlarged window opening to the left.

Inside, the ground floor room has a panelled and embossed ceiling with a moulded cornice that includes anthemion enrichment, along with a recess in the wall on the left. The first floor is said to have retained 17th-century features, including a plaster ceiling and a plaster plaque from 1633, which has been replaced by a metal one. The Lugger Hotel is part of a significant group of post-medieval town houses in Fowey, and the high-quality remodeling from around 1900 contributes importantly to the streetscape.