History of the Building

After much contemplation, we finally settled on the name ‘Raval’s’ for the restaurant, this is our surname and we thought it had a ring to it.

The building’s current name is ‘The Indian King’. This dates back to the 18th century, when in 1734 Tomo Chachi a Cherokee Indian King, his wife Senauki and Tooanakowki their son were brought over from Georgia, North America. Historic records show they travelled the country starting from a Cornish port and these picturesque characters would have aroused great interest at the places they stayed at en route. In 1735 the name was changed to the ‘Higher King's Arms’, and by the 19th century it was simply known as the ‘King's Arms’ and the name of the building has now come back full circle to ‘The Indian King’ which was most recently a community arts centre before it’s conversion into Raval’s.

At present the building is being used as a Restaurant and Bed and Breakfast, but its original use was a Public House in the 17th century. The Indian King is part of 13 Fore Street, Camelford (the other part is known as Bush House) and was listed by the Department of the Environment as a building of special architectural or historic interest many years ago.

The building is made up of three storeys; the second floor is a three en-suite-bedroomed Bed and Breakfast. The ground floor houses the bar, kitchen and coffee shop whilst the first floor is currently used as a restaurant facility.

Outside there is a landscaped outdoor area with space for car parking. This area also provides space for outside drinking and dining in the sunken walled area.