13, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. A C19 Hotel/private club. 2 related planning applications.
13, Fore Street
- WRENN ID
- winding-landing-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Hotel/private club
- Address
- 13, Fore Street, Camelford
- OS grid reference
- SX 105 836
- Coordinates
- 50.62136, -4.67937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century hotel, currently used as a private club, with earlier origins. It is constructed of stone rubble, with an ashlar stone facing on the left-hand side of the front elevation. The roof is covered with bitumen-coated rag slate and has a gable end on the left and a gable end to the front wing on the right. Ashlar stone stacks are located on the right-hand gable end of the left-hand range and in the gable end of the front wing on the right.
The ground slopes steeply to the rear, creating a basement level. The building has an overall 'L' shape. The double-depth range on the left has a central entrance, with two large rooms on the front, likely originally heated by end stacks. The front wing to the right has an entrance within the front gable end. A straight joint marks the division between these two ranges.
The building is three stories high and features a 3:2 window front. The left-hand range is symmetrical and faced with ashlar stone, incorporating string courses and deep, overhanging eaves. The front features a three-window arrangement with dressed stone flat arches over the openings. The ground floor has two tall, 12-pane horned sashes flanking 20th-century double doors in the centre. There are three 12-paned horned sashes on both the first and second floors.
The right-hand front wing is constructed of stone rubble with ashlar stone facing on the left-hand side wall. The asymmetrical two-window front elevation has 19th-century six-panelled double doors and 20th-century windows on the ground floor. The first floor has two 16-pane horned sashes, and the second floor two 6-pane sashes. The side elevation has been altered, and three gabled dormers light the attic space.
The interior remains uninspected. Historically, the building was known as the Indian King, later changing its name to the Higher Kings Arms in 1735. A 1757 survey described it as "a house, malt house, pigs houses and large yard with stable, barn and garden". By the 19th century, it was known as the King's Arms.
Local climate
13, Fore Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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