Treguddick

Treguddick is a farmhouse dating to around the late 16th century, with a documented date of 1576, and was remodelled and extended following a fire in 1878. The building is constructed of stone rubble with granite dressings, and has a slate roof with half-hipped and gabled ends, along with ridge tiles. It features lateral and gable end stacks with late 19th-century red brick shafts. The main range is of three rooms and a through-passage, facing east, with the higher end to the north. The east front has an asymmetrical 5-window design. It contains cavetto-moulded granite 3-light mullion windows with hoodmoulds; the two ground floor windows on the right hand side have 4 lights, incorporating king mullions and quatrefoil label stops. All windows are casements with leaded panes. A two-storey porch is centrally located, featuring a hipped roof, a weathervane, and a moulded granite 4-centred arch doorway with sunken spandrels, a hoodmould, and the inscription "Anno Domini 1576 N.T." A doorway to the left of the front has a chamfered 4-centred arch frame. Above the ground floor windows to the right is a granite coat of arms, quartered with lions guardant and fleur-de-lis, and the date 1878, with a shield in the north gable end. The rear features a central stair tower with a half-hipped roof and a chamfered 4-centred arch doorway; a small window is to the left, and large segmental-headed windows are on the ground floor, with a 3-light segmented-headed window on the first floor which has a plastic frame. To the right is a parallel range with segmental-headed 4-pane sashes, and a single-storey outshut. Inside, the screens passage has 4-centred arch front and rear doorways with draw bars, the front featuring fern-leaf spandrels, a 4-centred arch service doorway, and a Victorian gothic doorway to the hall. The hall contains a large moulded granite 3-centred arch fireplace with carved fern-leaf spandrels, alongside a 4-centred arch doorway to the left of the stairs, and a 19th-century moulded plaster ceiling cornice. On the high end wall of the hall is a large plaster Royal Arms of Elizabeth I, dated 1593. The lower end room has a Victorian gothic chimneypiece and arched alcoves on either side. The kitchen behind the lower end has a large moulded granite 3-centred arch fireplace with sunken spandrels. A dairy contains a large slate-topped table, slate shelves, and a grille leading to a salting room with granite salting troughs. Internal doors are of old plank construction. The first floor and roof structure were not inspected, but the roof is understood to have been rebuilt. According to historical notes, the initials above the front doorway belong to Nicholas Treguddick, who built the house in 1576. The large Royal Arms of Elizabeth I in the hall is reputedly a marker of a visit by the Queen in 1593.