Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS7149 MARS HILL, Lynmouth
858-1/4/80 (West side)
19/07/50 Rising Sun Hotel (main part)
(Formerly Listed as:
LYNTON
MARS HILL
Rising Sun Hotel, York Cottage,
Cottage adjoining to left of York
Cottage)

GV II

3 houses in row, now hotel. Early to mid C18. Limewashed
rubble or rendered; thatched roofs to outer ranges, concrete
tile to middle unit; asbestos cement to house at lower level
and to rear roof slope of first house.
2 storeys. The first house, to the left, has 3-window front,
at first floor 2-light 6-pane casements to thin central
mullion, above replacement windows and a central C20 door
covered by a full-width thatched verandah on square posts. A
stack to each gable. Large flat-roofed extension.
Adjoining the last, at a lower level, is a house with 2-window
front; C20 windows and square rubble eaves stack to lower
level. To the right is the main range, with thatched roof and
4-window front. At first floor, set to slight eyebrows are
boarded gables to 2-light casements with margin panes and
leading. The ground floor has 3 sashes with leading, and a
large 5-light C20 casement with transom; two C20 doors, that
to right under a thatched hood on trellis cheeks. A stack to
the rear eaves, left, and to right gable end. The rear has
deep added wings in 2 positions.
INTERIORS: partly inspected. There are some narrow staircases
and various changes in level; the roofs not available for
inspection. Generally no items of special interest were
revealed.
This range, formerly 3 separate houses, is linked with 2
further properties and Shelley's Cottage (qqv) to the left, in
a continuous stepped row, climbing Mars Hill, and together
forming the Rising Sun Hotel.

Listing NGR: SS7222349619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Rising Sun Hotel (Main Part) official website
• Wikidata Q26505229

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)