Description

SW 98 SE ST ENDELLION FORE STREET, (north side),
Port Isaac
9/57 Nos 7+9 (The Wheelhouse Restaurant
6.6.69 previously listed as "store" and
the Wheel House)
GV II
House, now restaurant. Possibly early C17, remodelled in early C20. Stone rubble,
rendered above ground floor on right-hand side elevation and rendered on front.
Gable end slate-hung in circa 1970s. Slate roof with gable ends and projecting side
lateral chimney stacks.
Original plan uncertain as building has been much altered. Possibly of 3 room and
cross passage plan with the front originally to Fore Street, now the right-hand side
elevation. The inner room on the left was possibly unheated and the hall was heated
by a projecting rear lateral stack. The partitions have been removed and part of the
lower end, including the front lateral chimney stack which heated it, has now been
incorporated into Number 11 Fore Street (qv).
2 storeys, regular single-window front with entrance in gable end. Partly glazed C20
door on ground floor with C19 20-pane hornless sash to first floor and 12-pane sash
in gable end. Side elevation to Fore Street with circa. C19 shop window flanked by
incised pilasters, blocked door right and early C19 sashes asymmetrical placed in
first floor.
Interior with partitions and floor above probable inner room removed. Ceiling beams
above hall chamfered with straight cut stops and hall fireplace with chamfered timber
lintel with scroll stops and cloam oven. Room above probable original inner room,
with circa late C17 or early C18 plaster ceiling of fine quality with raised and
fielded panels and heavy moulded cornice. Roof structure not fully accessible at
time of inspection. Feet of principals boxed in.

Listing NGR: SW9966380770

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606581

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Recommended Books

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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)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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