Description

SENNEN SENNEN COVE
SW 32 NE
4/357 The Round House
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GV II*
Capstan house. Possibly C18, heightened in the C19. Granite rubble walls to the
plinth and ground floor walls with granite dressings to the openings. Vertically-set
tarred weather boarding above. Scantle slate conical roof.
Round plan with man operated capstan (windlass) on the ground floor and former
fishermen's stores above (now shops). Original or C19 machinery, original floors and
roof structure since heightening in the C19.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Ground floor has doorway facing north and 4 other irregularly
sized and disposed openings. First floor has 2 doorways with old boarded doors and 2
window openings with 9-pane fixed lights.
Interior: Unaltered interior has 8 barred capstan in remarkable condition; double
beams with iron strainers for centering drum of windlass; king post roof structure
with diagonal struts and with the weight of the roof carried on struts angled up from
the ground floor walls.

Listing NGR: SW3507726309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531282

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)