Westwell Hall Hotel

Westwell Hall Hotel is a large detached house, now functioning as a hotel, located on a minor road that runs northeast from the main road through Torrs Park in Ilfracombe. It was likely built around 1880 by W.C. Oliver of Barnstaple and is designed in the Gothic style. The building features cream brick with red brick and stone dressings, gables with mock timber-framing, and a tarred, slated roof adorned with crested ridge tiles and terracotta finials.

The exterior is three storeys high with garrets and has a five-window front facing the road, which includes a twin-gabled entrance front to the right. The central part of the five-window front has a four-storeyed canted bay window, with the top storey made of wood and featuring patterned bargeboards. The ground and third storey windows have shouldered arches, while the second storey windows have pointed arches, with transom lights above each containing two cusped pointed arches. The entrance porch is located in the right side wall and features a pointed arched doorway, a round traceried window, and a parapet with open Gothic tracery.

Inside, the hotel retains original features such as fireplaces, cornices, and picture rails. The staircase, styled in the 18th century manner, includes barley sugar balusters. The large axial entrance and stair hall is finished with a dado rail and Lyncrusta paper, and original panelled doors with moulded cases are present throughout.

Historically, plans for a detached house similar to Westwell Hall were submitted to the Board by W.C. Oliver on August 26, 1880, on behalf of Rev. Wilf Fisher. Although the plans were initially referred back, they were later approved.