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The House itself was built in Thanckes Field Torpoint, six miles from here, in 1871 by the 3rd Baron Graves. It replaced on that site the Graves family mansion dating back to the reign of Richard III and took over the name Thanckes House.
Lord Graves was the grandson of Thomas Graves, Rear Admiral of the White, who led the British Van in the great navel battle of 1794 against the French off Ushant, known as the Glorious 1st of June.
In 1909 Thanckes House was pulled down and re-erected stone by stone to re-open as the Whitsand Bay Hotel in 1910.
The building of cornish dressed limestone is in a Tudor / Gothic style with a Medieval Tower commanding a view of 50 miles East to Rame Head and West to the Lizard.The stained glass window over the stairway, one of the finest in the West Country, incorporates an eagle, the charge on the Graves Arms and the Line of Battle-Ships, a reference to the Glorious 1st of June.
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Whitsand Bay Hotel
The Restaurant
Four Poster Bed
The Entrance Hall
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