Carne Manor And Wall Adjoining On North East

Carne Manor is a house dating to 1573, with possible earlier origins, situated in Altarnun. The building was restored in the mid to late 20th century following a fire.

The house is constructed of granite rubble with particularly large blocks of granite on the left-hand side. The masonry contains numerous straight joints and blocked openings. The roofs are covered in rag slate and asbestos slate. The lower roof on the left has gable ends and granite parapet coping, while the higher roof on the right has a hipped end. There is a stone rubble axial stack near the centre and a stone rubble lateral stack to the rear right.

The original plan of the house is uncertain, as it has undergone several alterations and changes during the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The house appears originally to have had a 2 or 3 room plan with a cross or through passage, though the position of the entrance has been altered. The left-hand room is constructed of different masonry from the right, with a distinct straight joint between them. The entrance and through passage probably lay near the centre, corresponding with an existing back door. The left-hand room was heated by an axial stack backing onto this passage and lit by a large window inscribed with the datestone of 1573. Behind this room, close to the fireplace and passage, a winder stair in a stair turret provided access to the first floor chambers. On the right-hand side of the passage, it is uncertain whether there were one or two rooms, though the remains of a rear lateral stack suggest they were probably heated. The eaves of the right-hand range have been raised at the front, though the roof level is fairly uniform to the rear. There is a circa 19th century one-room wing to the rear of the left-hand room and a 20th century porch on the right-hand end.

The house presents two storeys with an asymmetrical 2-window front. The lower range on the left has a 4-light granite mullion window with lintel inscribed 'ANNO DOMINO 1573 JOHN MORYDEC', and a 4-centred granite chamfered arch to a doorframe to the right. The higher right-hand range has two 3-light granite mullion windows on the ground floor and two 2-light mullion windows on the first floor. The original eaves level aligns with the sills of these first floor windows. To the rear is a semi-circular stair turret lit by a square-headed 1-light window, with two 1-light rounded-headed circa 17th century granite window frames to the ground floor windows lighting the right-hand range.

A wall adjoins the front right of the house. This may be the remains of a front wing, though it is more likely that the wall has been rebuilt, possibly reusing material from a part of the house since demolished. The wall has a reset 4-centred granite arch near its centre and 2-light and 3-light granite mullion windows to left and right.

Internally, the floor joists have been replaced, probably after the mid-20th century fire. In the left-hand room is a fine quality 4-centred dressed stone arch to the fireplace, which features a multiple moulded arch with roll moulding and cavetto moulding, and incised spandrels. To the rear of the fireplace is a fine quality granite ashlar winder stair. The roof structure appears to have been replaced. The owners recall sooting and blackening of the roof timbers, though it is uncertain whether this resulted from the 20th century fire or indicates Medieval origins for the house. The roof structure is not accessible.