Quarry Cottage

LANSALLOS THE WARREN, (north side), Polperro SX 2050-2150 6/129 Quarry Cottage (previously listed as House adjoining Westhaven) 21.8.64 GV II

House. Circa early C19. Rendered and painted stone rubble with asbestos slate roof with hipped lower end on left and gabled higher end on right. 2 stone rubble chimney stacks on right-hand gable end. Single depth plan, built into side of rock with 3- storey elevation to front and 2-storey elevation to rear. Possibly originally stores on ground floor. Regular 3-window front. Ground floor with C20 cross window to left with glazing bars, at centre a C20 2-light casement with glazing bars and C20 partly glazed door adjoining. To right C20 part glazed plank stable type of door and small C20 window to right. First floor with two 2-light casements with glazing bars in original openings. Window to right C19. To right 3-light C20 casement in enlargened opening. Above fenestration similar to first floor. Interior not inspected. C19 photographs illustrate 3-storey harbour elevation with three 2-light casements on first and second floor and possibly openings to store on ground floor. Included for group value with front elevation important for its contribution to harbour scene. See photograph taken in circa 1860s by Lewis Harding in A. Lanyon The Rooks of Trelawne 1976.

Listing NGR: SX1153856970