New Inn

CLOVELLY CLOVELLY SS 3124

11/71 New Inn 20.2.58

GV II

Inn. Datestone;- "C.H. 1914." by architects Burnett and H. Orphoot of Edinburgh for Christine Hamlyn. Rubble and whitewashed, slate gabled roofs in several sections, large central rubble stack, and a further rubble stack on the right return. Plan : Deliberately irregular plan, loose Tudor style in an Arts and Crafts Style. Exterior: 2 storeys and attic, in 3 different sections; to left of 3 bays, dominated by a jettied out gable with large multi-paned casements and a multi-paned casement to the gable. Joists beams exposed under the jetty; below there is a large sloping buttress on the ground floor and a rough corbel. On ground floor 2 multi- paned casements and a tall 24-pane sash window. Door opening has door, 6 glazed lights. Ornamental plasterwork vine frieze and date above jetty. Centre section with recessed first floor, a large multi-paned casement and a sash window, second floor with a wooden balcony with balustrade. Door opening on the ground floor with iron and wooden gates. Stairs to right up to principal door opening on the first floor, three-quarter glazed door. Third section is a gable wing to the right with a casement on each floor. Right return has a large wooden balcony, on timber posts with arch braces, wooden ballustrade on the first floor and a hipped slate roof from whicn rises a stone rubble stack. Interior: not inspected but believed to have coeval features. Built by Burgess of London. Source: Country Life, May 1, 1920.

Listing NGR: SS3170524772