Description

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SS7149
858-1/4/81

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, Lynmouth,
MARS HILL (West side),
Shelley's Cottage (part of Rising Sun Hotel)

(Formerly listed as No.1 Shelley's Cottage (part of Rising Sun Hotel), MARS HILL)

(Formerly Listed as: No.1 Shelley's Cottage, MARS HILL, LYNTON)

19/07/50

GV II

Detached cottage. C17 or C18. Rendered cob or rubble, thatch
roof, but some tiles on rear slope. 2-unit plan with end and
front lateral stacks to heated ground-floor rooms; a small
cottage, at the end of the row climbing Mars Hill, at right
angles to these and facing S.
2 storeys; 2-window range, all casements; at first floor, in
small gabled 'eyebrows', a single- and 2-light to a thin
mullion, above a C20 door. To the left, forward, is a large
stepped square stack with attached bread oven under slate
roofing, with another stack to the right gable, which has a
small light over French doors. The rear has two C20 casements.
INTERIOR: only partly inspected, but seriously damaged by fire
in 1907, and shows no evidence of early features.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the property now forms part of the Rising Sun
Hotel (qv). It is one of 2 houses in Lynmouth which claim to
be where Shelley stayed in 1812 for 9 weeks while he was
writing 'Queen Mab'. The rival claimant is Shelley's Cottage
Hotel (qv) in Watersmeet Road, which has some secondary
documentary evidence in support, although romantic tradition
would point to the Mars Hill cottage as being a more likely
base for the poet.

Listing NGR: SS7221549580

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496897

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)