Landulph House

Landulph House is a rectory, now a house, of probably 16th-century origin with alterations spanning the 17th to 20th centuries. The building is constructed of rendered stone rubble, partly slate-hung, with granite dressings. The roof is slate, hipped over the main range, with axial stacks featuring rendered shafts; the stack to the right was formerly a gable end stack of the original building. Rear wings have stacks to their sides.

The original building followed a 3-room and passage plan. The lower end room to the left was heated by an axial stack backing onto the passage; the hall to the right of the passage was heated by a rear lateral stack; and the inner room to the right was heated by a gable end stack. In the 17th century, a shallow 2-storey porch was added to the front of the passage, and a stair tower to the front of the hall.

Around the early 18th century, major rebuilding took place. A one-room addition was made to the front of the lower end room as a parallel range. The ground floor of the 17th-century porch was converted as a dairy. An addition of one-room plan was made to the right end, also including a stair. At the rear, one-room additions were made to right and left, each of 2 storeys with hipped roof, forming a symmetrical U-plan on the garden front. Probably in the early to mid-19th century, the space between these two wings was infilled by a single-storey addition of one room. In the original range, rooms were divided with a rear lateral corridor leading to a rear service stair to the left, behind the original lower end room. The entire early range was re-roofed as one in the 19th century, and a new entrance was made directly into the original inner room, which became a large entrance hall. The partition wall between passage and hall was probably removed in the 18th century.

The exterior presents 2 storeys in an asymmetrical front. The present entrance, into the former inner room, has hollow-moulded granite jambs and a lintel formerly from a 3-light granite window, with stoolings for mullions remaining. This forms a recessed porch with double panelled doors and a 12-pane light. To the right is the early 18th-century addition, containing a stair tower and a room at the end right; the stair tower has a pitched roof and an upper 6-pane Gothic light. A hipped roof covers a narrow projecting bay at end right, with a 12-pane sash at ground floor and a 12-pane sash of early 18th-century date with thick glazing bars at first floor. To the left of the main entrance is the stair tower, with pitched roof and a 20th-century single light at ground and first floor. To the left stands a narrow 2-storey gabled porch, with a 2-light casement at ground floor with iron stanchions (lighting the dairy) and a 2-light 20th-century casement at first floor. A parallel range to front left has a single-storey lean-to added to its front. At the left side, the front parallel range has a 3-light 12-pane casement at ground floor and a 2-light 8-pane casement with L hinges at first floor. The front lean-to has a 20th-century window. The side of the main range has a door, a small 6-pane light above the door, and a tall 10-pane light at upper level to the left, inserted to light the service stair. The rear wing to the left has a stack. At the right side, ground floor left has an early 19th-century 12-pane sash, first floor a 20th-century window, and first floor left a narrow round-headed light. To the right, in the wing, is a 2-light window with trefoil heads to the lights, of 19th-century date. The rear is entirely slate-hung. The wings to right and left are each of 2 storeys. The wing to the right has a 20th-century window at ground floor and a 12-pane sash at first floor; the wing to the left has a 20th-century window at ground and first floor. At first floor the main range has two 20th-century windows and is asbestos slate-hung; a rear lateral hall stack is present. The addition between the two wings has a 2-span roof behind a parapet wall, with a 20th-century French window, a 20th-century window, and a central single light with trefoil head.

Interior features include, within the 17th-century porch, a granite doorway with basket arch and large roll-mouldings, with pintles remaining from an earlier door. The ground floor of the porch was converted as a dairy, with slate floor and shelves, and a wooden shelf on shaped brackets. The central room in the original range has a slate floor with partition walls removed; to the left of the doorway is a single light with splayed reveal and slate cill. To the rear is the lateral corridor of the 19th century, which gives access to the central rear room between the two wings. This room has double panelled doors with quatrefoils in the top panels and a barrel vault ceiling with moulded plaster cornice remaining. The original lower end room has a slate floor and blocked fireplace, and contains a cast iron and brass pump still in full working order. A dog-leg service stair has been inserted to the rear of the lower end. The addition to the front left was probably originally an unheated stable, now converted as part of the house. The stair has been removed from the 17th-century stair tower, now a small room at ground and first floor. A third stair, of late 18th-century date, is located to front right, a dog-leg with stick balusters. To front right, the 18th-century room has a small closet to front and panelled shutters to windows. All the fireplaces in the house have been blocked.