Penpoll

Penpoll is a manor house and former barton, now a private residence, dating from around the 17th century and remodelled in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble, rendered on the west front, with some slate hanging on the south side. The rear elevation of the maid range on the east is also stone rubble, featuring lacing courses of slate. It has a slate roof with hipped ends, and a lower slate roof with a hipped end over an extension on the east side. There is an asbestos slate roof covering a staircase projection at the angle. The house has stone rubble stacks at the hipped ends of the main range and a brick stack in the rear wing on the ridge.

The layout is one room deep, with two rooms connected by a cross passage and a staircase projection at the rear. The building has been extended in an 'L' shape, with the rear wing forming this shape, and further lean-to extensions have been added on the south, east, and at the angle of the two wings. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and features an asymmetrical two-window west front. The ground floor includes a 20th-century window on the left and a double 16-pane sash window without horns on the right. At the centre, there is a glazed late 19th-century porch on a brick base with a gable end and slate roof. The first floor has two early 20th-century three-light casements, and to the right of centre, there is a 19th-century two-light casement with glazing bars.

Inside, on the first floor of the west wing, there is an interesting double doorcase with complicated moulded jambs featuring a triple ovolo design, with bulbous vase motifs above scroll stops. There is a simple 18th-century staircase, possibly with an earlier stair beneath, and a blocked room at the rear of the staircase that is accessible from above. The roof features a 19th-century scissor truss. Historically, Penpoll was a Domesday Manor held by Aelfric prior to 1066 and was later known as Our Lady of Penpoll, possibly a cell of St Germans.