Custom House

HAYLE CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY, Hayle SW 5437-5537 10/80 Custom House 2.6.1986 GV II Custom house. Dated 1862. Stone rubble, painted at sides and back, and pebbledash at front with granite ashlar plinth. Hipped asbestos slate roof with projecting eaves. Cast-iron ogee gutters. Slurried scantle slate roofs over side lean-tos. Plan: Rectangular plan 2-storey central block with single storey lean-to at either end. Probably 2 principal rooms flanking a central hall with stair hall at rear. Lean-tos may be later additions. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2 window south-west front with central doorway. Plinth, corner rusticated quoin strips with alternate vermiculated quoins and similar detail around doorway. Date 1862 carved in lintel over doorway. Threshold stone of doorway has incised compass points. Right-hand opening enlarged to form doorways other windows openings have plain rendered architraves. The lean-tos at either end have granite ashlar plinths like the main part. Each lean-to has a large doorway at the front with double boarded doors. The right-hand lean-to has level parapet front. Rear has central stair window and loading doorway to the left. All openings are boarded over. Interior: not inspected. In 1862 Hayle was given a custom house with the right of bonding general merchandise. A warrant as part of a registry followed immediately, to be withdrawn seventeen years later. Information provided by Hayle Town Council.

Listing NGR: SW5576337702