Watch Tower Studio and former Lifeboat Shed (Former Looe lifeboat house and watchtower) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Lifeboat house, watchtower. 6 related planning applications.
Watch Tower Studio and former Lifeboat Shed (Former Looe lifeboat house and watchtower)
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cornice-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lifeboat house, watchtower
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Watch Tower Studio and former Lifeboat Shed (Former Looe lifeboat house and watchtower), Church End, PL13 1BX
- OS grid reference
- SX 256 531
- Coordinates
- 50.35218, -4.45283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watch Tower Studio and former Lifeboat Shed, originally the Looe lifeboat house and watchtower, is a former lifeboat house and watchtower that is now used for commercial purposes. It was built around 1860.
The building is constructed from rubble with granite quoins, red-brick arches, and flush strings. It features dry slate roofs with projecting eaves that have exposed moulded rafter ends and purlins, along with crested red ridge-tiles. The structure has a T-shaped plan and is designed in the Italianate style.
The exterior includes a two-storey tower and a single-storey lifeboat shed. There are round-arched single-light windows, except for a group of three lights on the first floor of the tower. At the rear of the lifeboat house, there is a large three-light transomed window under a segmental arch. The front doorway is also under a similar arch and features an original transomed fanlight above part-glazed doors. The tower gables have oculae.
The interior is simple where it has been inspected.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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