Description

SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW

1/111 Hawker's Hut
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Hut. 1840s, some C20 repair. Designed by the Reverend R S Hawker for himself.
Small rectangular hut with stable door built against the cliff and immediately
overlooking the sea. Interior has slate floor and fixed timber seats. Roof of hut
covered in turf with two wood boards across eaves above stable door of five planks,
wood latches and iron strap hinges. Vertical plank each side of exposed stiles.
Hut built from timbers from the wreck of the 'Alonzo'. Hawker used the hut for
composing verse and reflection. R S Hawker, poet and antiquary, was vicar of
Morwenstow from 1835-1874. C E Byles. The Life and Letters of R S Hawker (1905),
pp. 163-167.

Listing NGR: SS1988415078

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hawker's Hut at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q12059684

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (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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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)