Tremeere Manor Farmhouse

Farmhouse, probably mid 17th century, extended and altered in the 18th century, with further alterations dating from the mid to late 19th century and 20th century.

The building is constructed of slatestone and granite rubble, with an 18th-century front in red brick laid in Flemish bond. It has a hipped slate roof with ridge tiles. The main stack at the right end is of granite ashlar with a brick shaft. The rear wing has a stack of weathered granite rubble with a shaped top and an 18th-century brick shaft.

The plan reflects the building's complex development. Only the passage entrance and one room survive from the original early 17th-century house, which probably formed an early wing with a room heated from a gable-end stack. A rear doorway, now concealed within a later lean-to, survives. The early range faces east and may have been remodelled around 1700, retaining a surviving doorway. In the mid-18th century, a new house was built facing south, comprising a 3-room plan with a large central entrance hall, principal rooms to the right and left, and a rear lateral corridor with a stair hall at the rear right. A brick axial stack in the main range may mark the left end of the early 18th-century phase. The passage incorporates a thick wall from the original building, visible as a straight joint at the rear. The overall form is L-shaped, with a later single-storey outshut along the rear of the 18th-century range and the inner side of the 17th-century range.

The 18th-century front elevation is 2-storey with a symmetrical 7-bay arrangement on a stone plinth with brick band course. All first-floor windows are 19th-century 4-pane sashes with segmental brick arches. The ground floor has a central doorway with a 20th-century window inserted, a 20th-century door and 4-pane sash to the right, and two 4-pane sashes to the left. At the time of survey in March 1987, alterations were in progress to restore the 18th-century front door and window to return the front to symmetrical form. The right side features a doorway with granite pilasters, voussoirs and cornice; the granite plinth here is hollow-moulded and sits higher than the front plinth. Two narrow 19th-century windows at first floor light the stair. Set back to the right is the lower 17th-century range, 2-storey, with a 12-pane sash with sidelights at ground floor and a 2-light casement at first floor. A buttress is present, and a 2-light casement with timber lintel at ground floor. The rear gable end of the 17th-century range has granite quoins. A single-storey outshut on the inner side, with 20th-century doors and casements, continues along the rear of the 18th-century building. A straight joint in the rear of the 18th-century range possibly marks where this incorporates part of an early building. The inner side of the early range has a blocked doorway with chamfered granite jambs and timber lintel, possibly the site of an original doorway against the stack. The 18th-century range has a 20th-century window at first floor to the right and a door with granite lintel to the right. The left side of the 18th-century range, in squared slatestone and granite rubble, is blind.

The interior of the 17th-century range room is ceiled, with a 20th-century fireplace at the gable end. On the inner side is a chamfered granite doorway with segmental arch and a plank door with strap hinges. The doorway at the right side of the 18th-century range has a door with re-used fleur-de-lys strap hinges. The stair is an open-well type of 19th-century date with stick balusters. All first-floor doors are 18th-century 3-panelled examples. The roof over the early range dates from the 19th century.