Built around 1810, the building that now houses Fairlynch Museum and Arts Centre was built by local ship-owner Matthew Lee Yeates.
It was then called Primrose Cottage. Typical of a marine cottage orné, an unusual feature is the double-wing staircase and the thatched turret, or belvedere, is said to have been built so that Yeates could see his ships out in the bay.
Built around 1810, the building that now houses Fairlynch Museum and Arts Centre was built by local ship-owner Matthew Lee Yeates.
It was then called Primrose Cottage. Typical of a marine cottage orné, an unusual feature is the double-wing staircase and the thatched turret, or belvedere, is said to have been built so that Yeates could see his ships out in the bay.
