Lamellen

Lamellen, St Tudy

Large house built in 1698 for Samuel Furness and substantially rebuilt in 1849 for J P Magor, as recorded by a datestone. The building is constructed of local stone rubble with ashlar granite dressings. The roofs are slated with gable ends, and the chimney stacks are of stone rubble and ashlar granite with diagonal set brick shafts arranged in groups of threes.

The house appears to date almost entirely from the 1849 rebuild, though some dressed granite may have been reused from the earlier structure. The plan is of complicated double depth form with the main entrance on the east front, accessed through a 2-storey porch into a wide entrance hall. The large drawing room is positioned to the left of the hall, lit by a large bay window overlooking the gardens to the south, while the library (now the dining room) is to the right. Behind the hall lies the main open well stair, lit by a mullion and transom window on the rear elevation, with a room to its left (possibly originally the dining room) and a back stair to its right. A small 2-storey projection to the rear of the stair functions as a porch-like form on the rear elevation but has no ground-floor entrance, now housing the lavatories. The service wing continues along the north side of the house, set back from the front elevation and projecting in a rear wing to the west.

The building is designed in a picturesque Elizabethan style. The east front elevation is 2-storeys with an asymmetrical 6-window arrangement. The entrance is through a gabled 2-storey porch to the left of centre, with a 4-centred arched opening and the Magor coat of arms above. The entrance hall is lit by a 2-light mullion window to the right. The drawing room to the left is slightly advanced with a higher roof and is lit by a 2-light mullion window and an 8-light mullion and transom window. The library is lit by a 1-light window and 3-light mullion windows. Above are five 2-light and 3-light mullion windows, with a 3-light mullion window in the gable end of the porch and a datestone above. The service range is set back to the right. The north elevation is 2-storeys with attic, featuring an asymmetrical 5-window front. Near the centre is the 2-storey porch-like projection with a battlemented parapet, flanked by the back stair window on the left and the mullion and transom window of the main stair on the right. To the far left is the gable end of the 2-storey and attic service range, while to the right is the 2-storey wing with a projecting bay featuring a battlemented parapet, which is lit by a mullion and transom window. A datestone bearing 'SF 1698' commemorates the earlier building on this elevation.

The interior retains original carpentry and joinery throughout, along with original chimney-pieces and plasterwork. The wide entrance hall features a geometrical patterned rib ceiling and is heated by a freestone Gothic chimney-piece. The drawing room and dining room to the rear have moulded cornices with floral motifs. The library chimney-piece is of hard wood, carved with cherubs and grapes. The open well stair features barley sugar twist balusters and a moulded rail, with a ribbed coved ceiling above. The first-floor rooms have coved ceilings. Doorframes throughout are complete, several featuring chamfered and stopped 4-centred arches, and numerous doors are lined with linen-fold panelling.