Description

ST. MARY'S

SV9010 SILVER STREET, Hugh Town 1358-0/8/71 (South side) The Bishop and Wolf Public House

GV II

House, now public house. Built c1700 for Thomas Ekins, first land agent of the Godolphin Estate, resident on the Islands from 1683. Coursed granite rubble, with front of dressed and coursed granite; gabled scantled slate roof; granite end stacks. Originally of central-staircase plan, remodellled C20. 2 storeys with attics; 5-window first-floor range. Ground floor has full-length bay window with pilasters dividing glazing-bar windows and doorway to right, by Geoffrey Drewitt 1952. First floor has keyed lintels over horned 6/6-pane sashes. Two hipped roof dormers with slate-hung cheeks and similar sashes. Interior: ground-floor remodelled mid C20. One of the earliest surviving houses on the islands and of historical interest as the house of the first land agent. (P Laws: The Buildings of Scilly: Redruth: 1980-: 14).

Listing NGR: SV9026810517

External Links

• Wikidata Q26614158

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014