The Shell House

LANSALLOS THE WARREN, (north side), Polperro SX 2050-2150 6/118 The Shell House - GV II

House. Circa early to mid C19. Stone rubble, part rendered with ornate decorative covering of shells on ground and first floor executed by Mr S Puckey in C20. Slate roof with gable ends. Rendered brick stack on left-hand gable end. Original plan uncertain but it could have been a 2-room plan over a cellar. 3 storeys with entrance on ground floor and further entrance on first floor approached by external stair. Regular 2-window front. Ground floor with entrance on right with C20 door in open timber porch with shaped brackets and fascia boards. Large rectangular C20 window to left and further to left, retaining wall and stair leading to first floor entrance. C19 cast iron balustrade. First floor with projecting porch on left, corbelled out and decorated with shell patterns. Upper part of porch glazed with part glazed C20 door. To right, 2 segmental arched openings with C19 4-pane sashes. Second floor with 2 similar windows. Front elevation decorated with various patterns of shells including illustration of Eddystone lighthouse. Shell decoration ceases above first floor. Interior not inspected. Included for group value. Source; The Field 1955.

Listing NGR: SX2089950999