Sam Hancock'S

Sam Hancock's is a house dating from around 1750, which was divided into two around 1790, with some alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of rubble and pebbledash, topped with a slate roof. Originally, it featured a central entrance and a double-depth plan, with a stair hall located to the rear right of the entrance passage. The right side of the house was separated off around 1790 and has since been demolished.

The house has two storeys and a basement, with two windows on the front. On the ground floor, there is a 16-pane sash window and a flight of five finely cut Devonian limestone steps leading up to the front door, which is a five-panelled design with a fanlight above. The first floor includes a 16-pane sash window and a 12-pane sash window. In the basement, there is a 20th-century 16-pane sash window to the left and a 20th-century door. To the right, a wall projects about one metre forward and ramps down at the first-floor level.

Inside, the ground floor rooms at the front and rear have been opened into one large space, both retaining a moulded plaster cornice. The front room has one round-headed cupboard, while the rear room contains two such cupboards, all with reeded pilasters and key, panelled doors below. The rear room also has a moulded mantel, which is the only remaining part of the original chimneypiece. A passage on the right side features a moulded arch with a key between the front and rear rooms, supported by pilasters. The stairwell, located to the rear right, is bowed to the right side of the house and contains a fine spiral dog-leg staircase with a moulded handrail, stick balusters, columnar newels, and a scroll-moulded string. The first-floor stair light is a 12-pane margin glazed sash.

On the first floor, the front room has panelled cupboards and partition walls with vertical panelling. The rear room in the basement features a side fireplace with a mantel and panelled cupboards on either side, along with a two-panelled door leading to a cupboard under the stairs. Notably, there is only one other house in the village with an oval stairwell, which is Mount-Morin on The Green in Kingsand.