The Cornish Arms

HAYLE FORE STREET (south side), Hayle SW 5637-5737 11/88 No 98 (The Cornish Arms) - GV II Public house, originally a beer shop. C18 or early C19, remodelled circa late C19. Stuccoed front. Half-hipped grouted scantle slate roof (replaced with corrugated asbestos at rear). Painted brick chimneys over either end and over a cross wall towards the right. Chimneys are positioned as if possibly there were originally 2 parallel roofs. Cast-iron ogee gutters. Plan: Double depth plan. Perhaps originally 2 houses and only single depth. Now has 3 rooms along the front with 2 entrance halls or passages between the rooms. At rear is an irregular accretion of service rooms of deeper plan at far left and right. Exterior: 2 storeys. Fairly regular overall 5 window north-west road front. At the left is a wider 3 window front with doorway left of middle and 2 of the windows right of the doorway. Circa late C19 partly glazed box porch with original side door. On the right is a 2 window front with a doorway under the left-hand window. C19 4-panelled door with top panels later glazed. There are 2 windows right of the doorway on the ground floor. All the windows are circa late C19 4-pane horned sashes. Interior: Not inspected. During the tenancy of Edward Chegwin circa 1867-1873 this building, originally a beer shop, was uprated to an inn and named Cornish Arms. Information supplied by Hayle Town Council.

Listing NGR: SW5645237822