White Hart And Building Adjoining On South East

This is a house, formerly a public house, now divided into three holiday cottages. It dates from the early to mid-17th century, with extensions added in the later 17th century and the early 19th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with bitumen-coated slate roofs, gable ends to the main range, and stone and brick end stacks. There's a hipped end to the front left extension and a lower range to the right with gable ends, plus a slate roof with half-hipped ends to a wing at the rear right.

The original main range likely had a two-room plan and a central cross or through passage, with end stacks for heating. It was extended in the later 17th century with a two-room wing to the left, creating an overall ‘L’ shape. A service range, probably one or two rooms deep, was added in the early 19th century, along with a mid-19th century outbuilding, possibly stables for the public house. The buildings operated as a public house until at least 1911.

The main range has a symmetrical three-window front. A 19th-century part-glazed door is housed within a 17th-century doorframe, which has ovolo moulded frames with vase-shaped stops. There are two 2-light horizontally sliding sashes flanking the door, and three 20th-century PVC windows on the first floor. To the left, a 19th-century horizontal sliding sash window is present on both the ground and first floors. The left-hand side elevation features a three-storey section, and to the right is a single-storey range with two 19th-century horizontal sliding sashes.

The rear left wing contains an early 18th-century plaster cornice on the first floor. The central range was inaccessible during the survey, but may contain interesting features, particularly the high-quality 17th-century doorframe. The rear right wing has a 19th-century roof.

The public house was advertised in 1746 in the Sherborne Mercury as an "accustomed inn" with a large malthouse and was likely the only inn in Padstow prior to The George and Dragon in the Market Place.