Description

LANSALLOS THE PEAK, Polperro
SX 2050-2150
6/75 The Loft
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GV II

Net lofts, now store. Circa early C19. Stone rubble with lapped timber weather
boarding on right-hand gable end. Scantle slate roof with gable ends. Rectangular
plan, built into side of rock with 2 storeys to front and 1 storey to rear elevation.
Regular 4-window front. Boarded opening on left with 3 blocked openings on right.
Above, 4 renewed timber boarded openings. All with timber lintels. Right-hand
leaward gable end with double doors on ground floor and plank door in first floor
opening.
Interior not inspected.
Jonathan Couch's manuscript notes describe the loft as "0 sailmakers loft built at
about the beginning of the present century and then 3-stories high, but now only 2."
Information from Mrs S de Burlet.
Couch's manuscript notes were edited in 1871 and published by his son, Thomas Quiller
Couch as The History of Polperro

Listing NGR: SX2104150832

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Loft official website
• Wikidata Q26433544

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)