Bulls Head Public House

SX 36 NE CALLINGTON FORE STREET (north side),

8/28 Bulls Head public house and No. 39 Fore Street 23.1.68 GV II

Public house and shop adjoining with premises over. Circa early C18, possibly with earlier core. Remodelled in circa late C18 and extended to rear. Whitewashed slate hung front with rendered left-hand side wall. Rendered rear wing. Slate roof with hipped end on left. Higher, asbestos slate roof with gabled ends to premises on right. Double depth plan with extending wing to rear on left. Fore Street elevation, 3 storeys, asymmetrical regular 3 window south front. Ground floor with C20 cross window on left with entrance to right. Timber door with pointed head and diamond leaded fanlight above. Moulded timber string above. Shop adjoining on right with late C19 glazed shop front and C20 glazed door in centre. First floor with sash with glazing bars removed on left. Two 4-pane sashes to right. Second floor with left-hand sash with top glazing bars removed. Right-hand side with two 16-pane sashes. Side wall on left with cross window in ground floor and 4-pane sash above. Church Street elevation, 2 storeys continuing rear wall of 3-storey range. 3 window front. Ground floor; 2 cross windows flanking central plank door with timber hood. Above, 3 sashes without glazing bars. Ground floor interiors altered. Upper floors not inspected. The Bulls Head was kept by Samuel Winter at the beginning of the C18. Edward Keast took over in 1748-1761. H. L. Douch Old Cornish Inns 1966

Listing NGR: SX3589269614