Description

SW 98 SE ST ENDELLION CHURCH HILL, (east side),
Port Isaac
9/21 No 1 Slipway Hotel (previously
6.6.69 listed as the Slipway House)
GV II
Chandlers, now hotel. Circa early C19 with datestone possibly indicating date of
1827. Rendered and painted stone rubble with cement-washed rag slate roof with
hipped ends and brick chimney stacks in hipped ends.
Plan altered. Reputed to have been a chandlers with shop front on rear elevation.
Rectangular plan considerably altered to form hotel with original shop premises now
gutted.
3 storeys on front elevation and 2 storeys to rear as ground rises. Front elevation
to harbour with C20 extension on ground floor, C20 French windows above opening onto
balcony with C19 16-pane sashes above and possibly C19 raked full dormer to attic.
Side elevation to Church Hill with blocked entrance in ground floor and stone rubble
steps with wrought iron railings rising up to C20 door to first floor. Blocked
window openings on left and C19 sashes to right. Datestone above door possibly
'1827' although owner suggests '1527'. Far right with large blocked opening,
probably for C19 shop window with probable loading door above. Rear elevation with
complete C19 shop front with 2 large 20-pane shop windows with heavy glazing bars and
incised pilasters flanking C19 double doors with moulded cornice above. First floor
with C19 30-pane sash above on left and blocked opening above on right. Side
elevation to stream with possibly C19 canted bay window with heavy glazing bars.
Interior Chandlers to rear largely gutted, floor raised and first floor partly
removed. Central range largely intact with C19 chimney piece and doorcases. C19
softwood staircases with stick balusters.
The Slipway Hotel, owned by Warwick Richard Guy in the C19 was a chandlers and
general stores. It also sold coal and salt which was shipped in bulk and stored in
the cellars below (Roscarrock Hill Methodist Church (qv.)) and in the cellar of a
cottage in Church Hill.
Winstanley, M High Tide in Port Isaac .1978.

Listing NGR: SW9965280728

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514019

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)