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Latitude: 50.907 / 50°54'25"N
Longitude: -4.5632 / 4°33'47"W
OS Eastings: 219884
OS Northings: 115078
OS Grid: SS198150
Mapcode National: GBR K1.R3V5
Mapcode Global: FRA 16BP.VG5
Plus Code: 9C2QWC4P+RP
Entry Name: Hawker's Hut
Listing Date: 9 September 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1328568
English Heritage Legacy ID: 64919
ID on this website: 101328568
Location: Morwenstow, Cornwall, EX23
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Morwenstow
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Morwenstow
Church of England Diocese: Truro
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SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW
1/111 Hawker's Hut
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- II
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
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