The Portland Arms Public House is now known as the Cowshed. A luxury spa nestled in the junction of Portland Road and Penzance Place. The building has an impressive curved facade and has been cleverly articulated with eight pilasters, a prominent cornice above the ground floor, plain architraves, string courses above the second floor windows, and a secondary cornice at roof level. Eighteen sash windows decorate the upper two storeys.
The restoration of the building in 1977 was entered for the Jubilee environmental award scheme, but without result. A proposal will be made to English Heritage for its listing.
