Description

CALSTOCK LOWER KELLY, Calstock
SX 4268-4368
9/244 Danescombe Hotel and attached
front wall and railings
II
Large house, now in use as an hotel, with attached front wall and railings. Circa
1860, with few later alterations. Rendered stone rubble. Hipped slate roof with
stacks to sides with rendered shafts.
Plan: Double depth plan, with principal room to front left and right and central
entrance ; service rooms to rear. The house is built into the bank at the rear, and
faces the River Tamar.
Exterior: 3 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front ; all windows are C19 2-light
casements ; at ground floor there are panelled double doors to centre, with French
window to right and left. At the ground and first floor there is a verandah with
tented roof and wooden lattice balustrade and scalloped valance.
The front wall is in rubble, surmounted by railings with knob finials, the stanchions
with trefoil finials.
Interior: Not inspected.
The Danescombe Hotel is in a prominent position on the bank of the River Tamar ; it
was built by the Edgcumbe family of Cotehele, and can be seen from the Chapel of St
George and St Thomas a Becket (q.v.)
Sources: Tamar Valley Project.

Listing NGR: SX4266468903

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433008

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