Description

HELSTON

SW6225 SALT CELLAR HILL, Porthleven
631-1/6/265 (North side)
22/05/72 Warehouse occupied by Salt Cellar
Crafts
(Formerly Listed as:
SALT CELLAR HILL, Porthleven
Porthleven Salt Cellars)

GV II

Salt warehouse. 1816. For Francis Pool, lessee. Rubble with
granite dressings; hipped asbestos slate roof to main part,
concrete tile to wing. Deep plan built into bank at rear. 3
storeys; slightly asymmetrical 3-window front. Wide
elliptically-arched doorway right of centre; 2nd-floor opening
above doorway with old shutters, other openings with glazing
replacing shutters. Right-hand return has slightly irregularly
disposed openings, many with small-paned top lights and
shutters. Linked parallel wing at rear, with steps up to
access platform shared with 2nd floor of front building; the
wing has 2 windows and a doorway facing onto this platform and
2 windows at rear. INTERIOR: original floors and roof
structure, including granite flags to ground floor.

Listing NGR: SW6290425704

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490998

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)