Trethiggey Villa

COLAN SW 85 NW 10/20 Trethiggey Villa - II

House. Circa 1840-50, with few later alterations. Elvan stone ashlar. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles. Stacks to sides with ashlar shafts and cornices, rear left stack with plainer cornice. Plan: Double depth plan. The entrance front has porch off-centre to left probably leading to a stair hall. The garden front is at the right side, with 2 principal rooms facing the garden and service rooms behind. Italianate style. Exterior: The entrance front is 2-storey, an asymmetrical 2-window front with original windows. Embattled single storey porch with 2 round-arched margin-glazed lights; to right a contemporary conservatory with round-arched lights; the front door is inside the conservatory. First floor has 2 round-arched 8-pane sashes. The garden front is at the right side. Ground floor has square bay along the whole front with 2 French windows with sidelights and overlights of small round-arched lights. Blind round-arched niche to centre. Round-arched sash to left of the bay. First floor has two paired 8-pane sashes with round arches and central round-arched niche with carved fan. Interior: Not inspected but may retain good contemporary features such as staircase and joinery. This is an unusual survival, an early C19 Italianate villa with no alterations to details of fenestration, and high quality masonry.

Listing NGR: SW8481459815