Higher Tresmorn

ST GENNYS SX 19 NE 5/32 Higher Tresmorn

GV II*

House. C16 early C17 core with late C17 alterations and C20 addition at rear. Whitewashed, rendered slatestone rubble with rag slate roof. Left gable end unrendered. Right gable end whitewashed brick chimney. Left gable end brick chimney. Evidence for 2-bay open hall plan with chambering over to left and probably to right. Right gable end stack probably later C17 addition. Range extended at right gable end under lower roof into north end of outbuilding adjoining at right gable end at south-east; north part of outbuilding now incorporated into house with internal lateral stack and tall chimney. 2-storey C20 rear addition probably remodelling of earlier rear outshut. 2-storey, 3-window south front with off-centre gabled, enclosed porch with slate roof. Round-headed, chamfered, granite inner doorway. Windows renewed casements, length of slate sills suggests altered openings. Extension at right gable end has first-floor 4-pane bulls eye opening. Chamfered principals with curved feet in upstairs rooms. Chamfers continued on cambered collars in roof space, smoke-blackening visible on 2 trusses. Whitewashed cob outbuilding with slate roof hipped at south gable end has C20 lean-to under galvanized iron roof. Granite coping built into left-hand gable end and high quality of roof suggest that present building was part of a larger complex.

Listing NGR: SX1614197704