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Keigwins, Mousehole (Keigwin and Little Keigwin and their relationship to adjacent and associated buildings including the Old Standard) January 2007 By Eric Berry and Nick Cahill Cover photograph: Keigwin and Little Keigwin Keigwins, Mousehole (Keigwin and Little Keigwin and their relationship to adjacent and associated buildings including the Old Standard) A Report for the Victoria County History, England’s Past for Everyone project Prepared by ERIC BERRY Historic Buildings Consultant Cathedral Cottage Busveal Redruth Cornwall TR16 5HH Tel: 01209 821274 Mobile: 07790 981 838 ____________________________________________ The Cahill Partnership Conservation planning/historic buildings/research Tel: 01376 333659 E-mail: [email protected] Keigwins – January 2007 1 Eric Berry and The Cahill Partnership Acknowledgements This report is the result of an investigation in the field of an important group of buildings in Mousehole, combined with background historical research as part of a wider study of the whole of Mousehole. The authors wish to thank all those who have contributed to the research, to local historians (in particular Margaret Perry) to the owners and occupants of all the buildings inspected in detail and to the most helpful residents of the village of Mousehole whom the survey team met during their fieldwork. Special thanks are due to the following: • Brian and Greta Ashby of Keigwin for their exceptional hospitality on numerous occasions and invaluable involvement in discussion about the building • John and Elizabeth Anderson, and on occasion their house guests, for allowing repeated examination of Little Keigwin • Greta Lewis of the Old Standard for kind hospitality, supply of important historical information and access to the principal areas of the building • Mr and Mrs John Dunhill for access to the western part of the Old Standard and for information about features discovered during building works Thanks are also due to all those involved in the Victoria County History/England’s Past for Everyone project with respect to Mousehole: Dr Joanna Mattingly, Penwith Communities Study Coordinator Coral Pepper, Penwith Communities Project Secretary Matthew Bristow, Historic Environment research Manager Victoria County History/England’s Past for Everyone. Disclaimer and copyright Should this report be intended for publication or public distribution, please note that copyright has not been sought for materials utilised in its production (maps, historic photographs and the Tremenheere sketch of Keigwins). Notwithstanding the agreed contract assigning ownership and intellectual property rights to the University of London, the authors reserve to themselves the right to make use of the findings of this report and survey without prejudice or jeopardy to the assignment of those intellectual property rights. Keigwins – January 2007 2 Eric Berry and The Cahill Partnership Contents Introduction....................................................................................................................4 Project aims................................................................................................................4 The Context................................................................................................................4 Building Description......................................................................................................7 Development and Uses ..............................................................................................7 Function .................................................................................................................7 Date........................................................................................................................7 Materials ................................................................................................................8 Figure 1 Phase plan of standing fabric .................................................................9 Plan/development.................................................................................................10 Description of the Fabric .........................................................................................14 Figure 2: early 19th century Keigwins .................................................................14 Exterior ................................................................................................................14 Interior..................................................................................................................17 History..........................................................................................................................22 Discussion....................................................................................................................26 Results..........................................................................................................................28 Bibliography and sources.............................................................................................29 Primary sources........................................................................................................29 Publications..............................................................................................................29 Additional Figures .......................................................................................................30 Figure 3 Landline Map extract............................................................................30 Figure 4 1880 OS 6 inch map..............................................................................31 Figure 5 Annotated ground-floor plan of Keigwins ............................................32 Figure 6 Annotated first-floor plan of Keigwins..................................................33 Figure 7 Annotated section through Keigwins ....................................................34 Figure 8 Photo location plan. Ground floor........................................................35 Figure 9 Photo location plan. First floor ............................................................36 Figure 10 Photo location plan. Roof plans..........................................................37 Appendix 1: Selected Photographs ..............................................................................38 Appendix 2: A3 Plans ..................................................................................................61 A3 Plans: ground floor.........................................................................................61 A3 Plans: first floor..............................................................................................62 A3 Plans: section..................................................................................................63 Keigwins – January 2007 3 Eric Berry and The Cahill Partnership Introduction Project aims The purpose of the survey is to suggests that other late medieval investigate, identify and describe buildings may have survived into the interest and importance of the 19th century, and perhaps even Keigwins (a combination name used today. One early building for which throughout this report to refer to evidence survives is in the south the original building which has range of the Lobster Pot complex been subdivided into Keigwin and (photo 48); embedded in the wall Little Keigwin) in its historical and adjoining the property to the south architectural context. (Fisherman’s Square) is a pointed- A particular research question was arched doorway. to establish whether the reputed In the particular context of survival of Keigwins following the Keigwins, an 1893 Frith postcard Spanish raid of 1595 is (photo 47) shows what appears to demonstrated in the historic fabric be a late medieval building with a or features of the building. Also, pointed-arched doorway adjoining whether there is any historical or the south end of the Old Standard functional relationship between and facing the harbour. This was Keigwins and the Old Standard rebuilt circa 1900 as a 2-storey- and/or the other buildings that over-basement house (Bay View). make up a large complex of Gwylan House adjoining this to the buildings to the south. Although south was re-fronted circa 1900 but these buildings, and particularly retains much older fabric behind. The Old Standard, are described in Keigwins is part of an irregular some detail, only Keigwins was the group of buildings that surrounds subject of a detailed measured Wesley Square. This is bounded by survey, reproduced in this report. Keigwin Place (photos 1, 2, 35-37) The Context at its north side, Chapel Street at The former Keigwin Arms (3 and 4 its west side, Old Quay Street Keigwin Place - photo 1) is reputed (Portland Place) to the south to be the only building to have (photo 45), and The Wharf (photo survived the Spanish raid on 44) overlooking the harbour to the Mousehole in 1595. It is adjacent to east. Except for Keigwins and the another early building, formerly Old Standard, most of these buildings superficially have a the Old Standard (1 and 2 Keigwin th Place - photo 2), both facing north predominantly 19 century onto Keigwin Place. These buildings character. However, the survival of are conspicuous in Mousehole for stone chimneys to No. 14 Keigwin having retained their ancient Place and No 8 Chapel Street character and interest in what (photo 38) and No 4 Wesley Square otherwise generally has the (photo 42) indicates that these