Trecarne Gate

Trecarne Gate is a house dating from the early 18th century, constructed of painted and rendered stone rubble with slate hung above the ground floor. It features a rag slate roof with gable ends and has a projecting stone rubble stack with a cloam oven projection on the left-hand gable end. The layout consists of two rooms and a cross or through passage, with the hall kitchen on the left heated by an end stack, while the smaller room on the right is unheated. In the early 19th century, small service rooms were added to the rear in a lean-to outshot, along with a further outshot on the right-hand gable end during the 19th century. The building is two storeys high with an asymmetrical two-window front. On the ground floor, there is a 20th-century two-light casement on the left, a 19th-century gabled stone rubble porch with a 20th-century stable-type door, and a single casement to the right. The first floor features two 20th-century PVC windows in 19th-century gabled half dormers. There is also a stone rubble lean-to extension on the right-hand gable end. Inside, the partitions to the passage have been removed, the ceiling beams have been renewed, and the fireplace is partly blocked. The roof structure dates from the 18th century. Trecarne Gate is an important building in the unspoilt landscape above Boscastle, and its exterior remains unaltered.