Description

MARAZION WEST END, Marazion
SW 5130
4/86 The Godolphin Arms

GV II

Public house with adjoining former coach house. Circa early-mid C19 or possibly
remodelling of an older house. Stucco to the front, otherwise granite rubble or
painted rubble. Scantle slate and dry slate roofs mostly with gable ends. Axial
gable and lateral brick stacks, mostly stuccoed.
Plan: large overall irregular L-shaped double-depth plan comprising: main 2 rooms
wide block with principal entrance hall between large front room, right, and smaller
front room, left; 2 storeys over basement service range under parallel roof behind;
adjoining, set back on the left, a 2 storeys over basement 1-room plan wing with
large porch in front angle and with 2 adjoining service wings at right angles behind;
and set back on the right a 3-bay former coach house, now part of the public house.
Classical details.
Exterior : 2 storeys to the road front but basements under the rear parts. Regular
1:1:1:2 bay north east front plus coach house front set back on the right. Stucco
details include: quoins strips to ground floor; panelled pilasters to first floor
corners; moulded mid-floor string linked to porch parapets; moulded architraves with
roundels in corner blocks to first floor openings and moulded parapet cornice. The
main porch has square Doric corner columns with segmental arch over the doorway and
urn finials over the corners. Circa late C19 or C20 4-pane horned sashes.
Some bay windows; left hand side and at rear. 1 rear window is a circa early or mid
C19 12-pane hornless sash, otherwise later horned sashes with glazing bars.
Adjoining the rear of the coach house is a shop with a formerly 6-bay blind stucco
arcade with segmental arches to its south side. The 2 middle arches are hidden by a
small extension.
Interior : not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW5174930596

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Godolphin Arms official website
• Wikidata Q26454074

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