Newlyn Art Gallery

Newlyn Art Gallery is an art gallery built in 1894 and opened in 1895, designed by James Hicks for the Newlyn School of Art. The building is constructed from granite rubble with dressed quoins and lintels, and the rear gable is whitewashed. The front features dressed granite laid in random patterns, topped with a gabled dry slate roof that includes brick stacks and clay ridge tiles.

The exterior is characterized by a prominent gabled facade, which is topped with a glazed lantern that has a hipped roof. The facade features bargeboards on a timber 'A frame' supported by granite corbels. Below the gable, there are four brass repousse panels framed by carved granite brackets and an ovolo-moulded lintel. These panels represent the four elements of earth, fire, air, and water, and depict various animals, created by Philip Hodder and students, based on a design by the Arts and Crafts copper craftsman J.D. MacKenzie, with artistic direction from the Newlyn painter Gotch. The ground-floor windows are mullioned and transomed, arranged in a 1:3:1 fenestration pattern. There is also a sculptured panel of Stanhope Forbes, the gallery's founder, created by Rev. Allan Wyon in 1948.

Steps with flanking walls lead up to a porch on the right, which features half-glazed double doors with Gothic-style surrounds and glazed upper panels set in a chamfered architrave. The right-hand elevation shows the gabled roof of the porch and includes 2/2-pane sash windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Historically, the Newlyn School is recognized as one of the most significant regional schools of painting that emerged during the Victorian period. The building's historical significance and architectural quality are further enhanced by the craftsmanship of the bronze panels on the facade.