Cleave Hotel

The Cleave Hotel is a public house, originally a farmhouse, dating back to the 16th century with a later 19th-century extension at the rear. The original section is constructed of granite rubble, roughcast on the front, while the rear range is of painted brick. The roof is thatched, half-hipped to the right, with the rear wing having a slated roof. Two separate granite ashlar chimney stacks with tapered tops are situated on the ridge, slightly off-centre to the right, with a brick stack on the left gable. The rear range has red and yellow brick stacks. The building likely began with a 3-room and through-passage plan, although it now has one long room to the left of the main entrance. The room to the right of the main entrance is thought to have originally been the hall, based on the style of its fireplace. It is possible the house was extended to the left-hand end. The front has an irregular 4-window façade with windows at varying heights, all with 19th-century wood casements, each with 3 panes. The main doorway, to the right, has a bead-moulded frame and a 4-panel door from the early 18th century, featuring wrought-iron strap hinges and raised-and-fielded ovolo-moulded panels. A second doorway, likely dating to the 19th century, is on the left-hand side, with a 4-panel door in a bead-moulded frame and a 4-pane fanlight above, with old glass. Both doors have 20th-century rustic wooden porches. A cobbled surface is present in front of the left two-thirds of the building. Inside, the right-hand ground-floor room features a large fireplace backing onto the passage. The right jamb is a chamfered granite monolith with a pyramid stop at the base; the left jamb has been rebuilt. The heavy wood lintel has a chamfer cut away, with a remaining step-cut stop at the left end. An oven is set into the left side of the fireplace, featuring an ogee-headed stone-framed opening and a shallow granite shelf. The interior of the oven is domed brick. Upper floor beams are plastered, forming a large sunk panel in the centre of the ceiling, outlined by a moulded plaster cornice. The through-passage is paved with stone slabs. Behind the fireplace of the right-hand room, the rear wall is granite ashlar with a chamfered plinth and cornice. The left-hand room also has a fireplace backing onto the passage, which is an unusual feature; it has plain stone jambs and a plain wood lintel. The left-hand front window has panelled shutters and a window seat. The remainder of the interior was not inspected. A barn, likely part of the original farm buildings, is located to the northwest and is listed separately.