The Godolphin Arms

MARAZION WEST END, Marazion SW 5130 4/86 The Godolphin Arms

GV II

Public house with adjoining former coach house. Circa early-mid C19 or possibly remodelling of an older house. Stucco to the front, otherwise granite rubble or painted rubble. Scantle slate and dry slate roofs mostly with gable ends. Axial gable and lateral brick stacks, mostly stuccoed. Plan: large overall irregular L-shaped double-depth plan comprising: main 2 rooms wide block with principal entrance hall between large front room, right, and smaller front room, left; 2 storeys over basement service range under parallel roof behind; adjoining, set back on the left, a 2 storeys over basement 1-room plan wing with large porch in front angle and with 2 adjoining service wings at right angles behind; and set back on the right a 3-bay former coach house, now part of the public house. Classical details. Exterior : 2 storeys to the road front but basements under the rear parts. Regular 1:1:1:2 bay north east front plus coach house front set back on the right. Stucco details include: quoins strips to ground floor; panelled pilasters to first floor corners; moulded mid-floor string linked to porch parapets; moulded architraves with roundels in corner blocks to first floor openings and moulded parapet cornice. The main porch has square Doric corner columns with segmental arch over the doorway and urn finials over the corners. Circa late C19 or C20 4-pane horned sashes. Some bay windows; left hand side and at rear. 1 rear window is a circa early or mid C19 12-pane hornless sash, otherwise later horned sashes with glazing bars. Adjoining the rear of the coach house is a shop with a formerly 6-bay blind stucco arcade with segmental arches to its south side. The 2 middle arches are hidden by a small extension. Interior : not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW5174930596