Sea Breaze Cafe

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STOKENHAM TORCROSS Sea Breaze Cafe

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House and restaurant, formerly pair of cottages. Circa late C17 or early C18, extended in late C18 or early C19 and again in C19 and C20. Roughcast stone rubble. Thatched roof with hipped ends. Rendered axial stack with yellow clay louvred pots. Plan: The original 2-room plan (now 1 large room) cottage at the centre has a central entrance, the right hand room heated from a gable end (now axial) stack with an oven, the left hand room was probably originally unheated. In circa late C18 or early C19 a large 1-room plan extension, possibly a separate cottage was built at the right hand east end facing the sea and is heated from an axial stack backing onto the gable end stack of the original cottage. Later in the C19 a wing was added at right angles at the left hand west end probably as a separate cottage, its roof was raised in C20. In C20 an outshut was built behind, north of the original cottage. Exterior: 2 storeys, long asymmetrical 5-window north front C19 and C20 2- light casements with glazing bars, 2 are horizontally sliding sashes. Doorway to left of centre with C20 glazed door. Gable end of late C19 wing on left, right hand end has higher eaves. Right hand east return facing sea has symmetrical 2-window front, C19 2-light horizontally sliding sashes with glazing bars on ground floor and C20 2-light casements on first floor, all with boarded shutters. Some horizontally sliding sashes at rear (north) and small C19 fixed light window in west wall of east extension. C20 single storey outshut at rear (north). Interior: Original cottage at centre has large stone rubble fireplace with reused timber lintel and stone over partitions removed and later exposed joists. The right hand east extension has large fireplace with unchamfered timber lintel. Roof over the original cottage has feet of straight principal rafters exposed in the first floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SX8232742045