Enys House Including Adjoining Service Wing, Clocktower, Walls And Gate Piers

SW 73 NE ST GLUVIAS ENYS

1/113 Enys (house) including adjoining service wing, clocktower, walls 10.7.57 walls and gate-piers GV II

Country house, including adjoining service wing, clocktower, walls and gate-piers. C18 service wing; house rebuilt circa 1840. Former home of the Enys family. Granite ashlar to C19 house, granite and killas rubble with elvan arches to the C18 part, later stuccoed (stucco partly fallen). Dry Delabole slate hipped roofs behind stone parapets. Brick axial stacks (some are stuccoed) with moulded cornices, over the cross and axial walls. Plan: Large plan with 2 nearly square blocks plus single-storey service wing, clocktower adjoining walls and gate-piers on the left. Deeper-plan house on the right has entrance porch and vestibule (between 2 rooms) leading to very large stair hall which gives access to rooms on all sides. The house is 3 rooms deep on the right and the hall gives access to axial passage between shallower plan double-pile C18 service range, on the left. Exterior: 3 storey service range, 2 storey house. Unaltered elevations. Circa 1840's doors and windows in original openings. Both house and service wing have stone parapets with moulded cornices. West entrance front has regular 4-window front of C18 service wing set back on the left and symmetrical 3-window entrance front of house on the right. House has central doorway set back with dressed granite porch with paired square columns and moulded entablature. 6-pane door with overlight. 12- pane hornless sashes (ground floor windows are taller. Service wing has entrance porch set back on the left. Round-headed doorway with 6-panel door. 1:4: 1-bay south garden front with central bays recessed and similar 1:3: 1-bay rear (east) garden front. Rear of service wing is similar to the front. Outbuildings, walls, clocktower and gate-piers adjoin on the left of the service wing front. Circa late- C19 3-stage granite clocktower in Italianate style. Wide dressed stone gate-piers with moulded caps surmounted by ramped pyramids with ball finials. Interior: C18 service wing has C18 dog-leg stair with closed string and turned balusters. House has most of its original features including: panelled doors and reveals, panelled window shutters; some chimney-pieces and moulded plaster ceiling cornices. Stair is possibly later C19 or a later C19 remodelling of the original stair.

Listing NGR: SW7917036367