Tumrose

House. Built around the early 16th century, with later additions in the late 20th century. The house is constructed of stone rubble and granite, with a slate roof featuring gable ends. A projecting stone rubble stack sits on the left side, and a granite axial stack with a moulded string course is located to the left of the centre. The original layout is uncertain, but it likely comprised two rooms, with a larger room on the right (east) featuring a smoke-blackened 3-bay arch-braced roof, suggesting it was originally an open hall. A smaller room is on the left (west), with a replaced roof. A 20th-century extension extends to the rear. It appears the house originally followed a 3-room and cross or through-passage plan, with the open hall and inner room surviving on the left, the passage to the right of the hall, and the service end demolished. However, owners state that no evidence of a continuing layout to the right existed before recent alterations - the right-hand gable end was rebuilt in the late 20th century, and a high bank to the right has been excavated. The front elevation is asymmetrical with three windows. Most windows have been replaced in the 20th century, including a 2-light casement and a 20th-century door to the left, and a 2-light casement, partially glazed door and a circa 19th-century stone rubble porch with a gable end and a 20th-century inner glazed door on the right. There are three 2-light casements on the first floor. The roof is slightly higher over the open hall on the right. Internally, ceiling beams have been replaced in the 19th and 20th centuries. The hall fireplace has chamfered granite jambs and a chamfered timber lintel. A blocked opening is located at the side of the fireplace, possibly the position of a former entrance stair turret, now gone. The left-hand room features a 19th-century 4-centred arch to the fireplace, with an earlier timber lintel above. The roof structure above the hall features 2 arch-braced trusses with a diagonal ridge replacement and mortices for 2 sets of probably threaded purlins. Some patchy evidence of smoke-blackening remains, although the trusses have been cleaned – the owners report it was more extensive prior to alterations in the 1970s and 1980s. The roof structure above the left-hand room was replaced in the 1970s and 1980s.