Trevithick'S Cottage

CAMBORNE HIGHER PENPONDS ROAD SW 63 NW (east side) 7/52 Penponds 29.10.65 Trevithick's Cottage GV II*

Also known as Higher Penponds Farm Cottage. Farmhouse, now house. C18, altered. Whitewashed killas rubble and brick, thatched roof, brick chimneys. L-plan formed by 2-unit main range with stable attached at right-hand end, and short rear wing to the left. Two low storeys and 2 bays; symmetrical; central doorway protected by modern gabled porch, 2 square windows on each floor, all of 6 panes with lay bars only; gable chimneys. Stable continued to the right, of killas and granite rubble with slate roof, has a central doorway with loading door over it. The left gable wall of the house has a bronze plaque attached at 1st floor recording that the engineer Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) lived here. Rear has modern lean-to addition in angle with wing. Interior: parlour to right of door is fully panelled, with a dado of horizontal boards, dado rail, and vertical boarding with moulded muntins, fireplace with architrave including fluted columns, and basket-arched alcove with keystone; kitchen to left has rectangular fireplace with timber lintel. The item is now a National Trust property.

Listing NGR: SW6373638908