Tyrwhitt's Wharf

A transhipment stable built in 1823 for Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway, possibly extended in late C19 and with later alterations.

MATERIALS: constructed of granite rubble with timber roof structure covered in slate. The floor is covered in poured concrete.

DESCRIPTION: rectangular on plan and of single storey with a hipped roof. It has granite quoins to each corner and built into the right corner is an angled granite stack with cast-iron flue. The double-width opening to the north-east elevation is under a replacement timber lintel. To each side are smaller openings sealed in concrete block and stone. Both end elevations have former large openings blocked in stone. The principal roof structure has four adapted trusses and a single row of purlins with late C20 inserted timbers to support failing elements of the structure, which have given the roofline a markedly undulating external appearance. In the north corner is an iron and brick fireplace. There are a number of iron nails and niches to the walls and the truncated end of an iron pipe fixed to the south wall.