Merrimeade Hotel

SAMPFORD PEVERELL LOWER TOWN (south side) ST 01 SW Sampford Peverell 8/151 Merrimeade Hotel - GV II Hotel. Mid C19, C20 extensions. Plastered stone rubble; stone rubble or brick stacks topped with C19 brick; slate roof. Plan: the house faces north-west. It is set back from the street and built above it on a terrace. The main house has a double depth plan containing a front and back room either side of a central through passage which also contains the main stair in the rear section. The rooms are heated by gable-end stacks. C20 restaurant and hotel extension to rear and right. The right wing is probably converted from the original stables and service wing. It is 2 storeys with cellars. Exterior: main block has a symmetrical 3-window front of 16-panes arranged around a central doorway which contains a 6-panel door and overlight with glazing bars, panelled reveals and a flat roofed timber porch with tapering panelled posts and a moulded entablature. The plaster is lightly incised as ashlar. Deep eaves are carried on a series of shaped brackets. The roof is gable-ended. Each end wall contains a central first floor window with pointed head. Interior still contains a great deal of original joinery and other detail including an open string geometric stair with stick balusters.

Listing NGR: ST0309814202