Arch House

Arch House is a 17th-century town house located on Fore Street in East Looe. The front features painted slate hanging on a timber frame and was originally jettied. At the rear, there is a hipped wing covered in asbestos slate, with a lateral rubble stack on the left side. The building has a double-depth plan and includes two short rear wings that are positioned at right angles, with one wing straddling a passageway.

The house stands three storeys tall, plus attics, and has a two-window range. It showcases unusual early 19th-century hornless sash windows with glazing bars. On the left, there are pairs of tripartite sashes, while on the right, there is a pair of 16-pane sashes above another pair of 16-pane sashes, along with a pair of central sidelights. The ground floor features a wide through-passage towards the left, a central house doorway, and two 20th-century shop fronts. To the left of the passage, there is a small shop window, and on the right, a larger shop front with glazing bars.

Inside, the original oak beam and joist ceiling can be seen in the passage, with an ovolo-moulded bressummer set back from the front, indicating the former jetty. The rear of the house has a 20th-century window above a late 18th-century or early 19th-century 30-pane hornless sash.