Pelyn

House. Circa 1600, remodelled in the early 18th century, with circa 1800 remodelling of the ballroom; remodelled circa 1860 after a fire, with some later alterations. Granite ashlar construction with wings to left and right in granite rubble with granite dressings. Asbestos slate roofs with granite stacks; the central block has a hipped roof with external stacks to the sides and a rear lateral stack to the right wing. The left wing is heated by axial ridge stacks. Overall E-plan layout. The rectangular central block is of single-depth plan with a central entrance, library to the front right and principal room to the front left, with a deep rear hall behind the two front rooms. This block was formed from a 17th-century core, extensively rebuilt in the early 18th century with two storeys and an attic on basement. After the fire of circa 1860, the attic storey was removed.

To the left, the wing dates from the original circa 1600 build, with a two-room plan and a one-room plan wing projecting to the left end. Each room is heated by an axial stack. The inner room is a dining room and the outer one a kitchen, with a rear scullery addition, probably of the 19th century, at the outer angle of the front left wing. The projecting end wing is heated by a stack at the junction with the first range and has a gun-room at ground floor and a chamber above of more than service status. There is a stair at each end of the left connecting wing. The main stair in the central block was removed after the fire.

The wing to the right is of the same height as the left wing, but is a single room to full height—the ballroom. This is a remodelling of circa 1800 of probably an early 18th-century range; the windows are of full height, though the moulded granite jambs are not continuous; these windows were formerly ground and first floor windows with granite surrounds as on the left wing. The projecting front wing to the right forms the stable range, entered from the rear with additional buildings to the rear forming a stable yard. The inner side of the stable yard contains a coach house on three storeys, built into the slope of the ground, with laundry above.

The early 18th-century remodelling created a symmetrical front, with the stacks on the central block built to match those of earlier date. The central block has two storeys with a moulded plinth on basement, arranged in a 1:3:1 bay pattern in finely cut ashlar. End pilasters and pilasters dividing off end bays; coved cornice and blocking course. All windows are plate-glass sashes in raised surrounds with moulded cills. Three wide granite steps lead to the central doorway with panelled double doors with overlight, moulded architrave and pediment on consoles. The basement has four two-light windows with chamfered granite mullions and iron stanchions, concealed below the plinth by a low ashlar wall. The left side of the central block is rendered with a basement doorway featuring a granite four-centred arch with chamfering and stops; the wall is stepped to the right of the external stack with a moulded cornice. The right side is similarly rendered with an external stack. To the right, a three-bay ballroom range without plinth and with a coved cornice features large windows with two mullions and transom, with granite surrounds broken midway, inserted in former ground and first floor openings.

Projecting to the end right is a two-storey stable block with a central tall four-centred arched granite doorway with convex moulding and a panelled door bearing a re-set wooden plaque with Kendall arms and the date 1646. At ground and first floor to left and right are three-light granite casements with hollow chamfered mullions and early 20th-century glazing with glazing bars; coved cornice. The front end of the wing has a similar three-light casement at first floor.

To the left of the central block is a two-storey range in granite rubble with four-centred arched granite doorways to left and right, with a panelled door to the right and a blocked opening with a 20th-century window inserted to the left. To the centre are two three-light granite casements at ground and first floor. Coved cornice and ridge stack to the left, with a fireplace at the outer end of the room to the left; this is an ashlar stack with cornice. The front wing to the left has two storeys with a central four-centred arched granite doorway with panelled door, and similar three-light casements at ground and first floor to left and right. The front end has a three-light casement at first floor. The outer left side has a two-light chamfered granite casement at ground floor to the right and a three-light hollow-chamfered casement at first floor. A one-and-a-half storey scullery addition to the end of the main range features an eight-pane sash at ground floor, a casement and circular light at first floor.

The rear of the left range has sixteen-pane sashes and casements, irregularly spaced. The rear of the central block has plate-glass sashes and an external stair to a 20th-century door, with a band course over the first floor windows and a bellcote to the right side. Attached to the rear of the ballroom is the laundry block with two six-pane sashes at first floor and a brick stack to the front gable end with turned clay pots. A single-storey addition to the rear has a hipped roof and sixteen-pane sash. The outer right side of the stable block has a blocked door and coved cornice, with the wall chamfered to the rear. The rear of the stable has a sixteen-pane sash and door, a casement and loading door above.

The coach house is positioned beneath the laundry, with two tall segmental-headed doorways and two blind windows at first and second floors. A two-storey stable block to the rear encloses the yard, with two doors and two casements at ground floor and one window and two blind windows under the eaves. The front stable block retains wooden loose boxes with hayloft over.

Interior: The central block was completely remodelled after the fire, so no principal staircase survives. In the left wing, of the early build, there is a granite floor, a late 19th-century dog-leg stair at each end, and panelled shutters to the front windows; hooks in the ceiling and a round-arched doorway between the kitchen and dining room. The gun room in the front wing has a granite floor and fireplace with segmental head and bolection-moulded surround. A first floor room in the front wing, a parlour, features a granite four-centred arched fireplace with roll mouldings and a re-set datestone inscribed WK 1688, for Walter Kendall. The windows are chamfered internally and the ceiling has coving; the roof structure is not accessible over this range. The ballroom has a coved panelled ceiling with plaster cornice, panelled shutters to the windows and tall double panelled doors with panelled cheeks and soffit and moulded architrave. The fireplace is to the rear and features a fine marble chimneypiece with Greek key frieze, a central plaque of Grecian maidens, consoles to front and sides, and a blue tiled interior with moulded mantel.