Shippon And Attached Wall At Trengoffe

This is a shippon and attached wall, likely dating from the early 17th century, with a mid-18th century addition to the shippon and subsequent alterations. It originally formed part of a larger house at Trengoffe, which has since been demolished.

The shippon is constructed of slatestone rubble with granite dressings and quoins. It has a slate hipped roof with ridge tiles, including one re-used handmade tile. The 18th-century addition is also built of slatestone rubble with granite dressings, with a slate roof featuring ridge tiles and gable ends. The attached wall, also of slatestone rubble with a granite doorway, is situated to the rear of the 18th-century addition.

The shippon’s plan suggests it was once part of a larger building; internally, there’s a passage with a doorway leading to a lower room to the left, although no fireplace remains. The 18th-century addition projects at a right angle to the shippon, to the front left. The attached wall has a doorway, which may be reset or have given access to a former courtyard.

On the shippon’s front, the ground level slopes to the left, creating an asymmetrical appearance. There’s a doorway at the right end, along with a granite ventilation slit at both ground and first floor. To the right of the doorway are double doors, presumed to be a later addition. To the left, a ventilation slit is present at ground and first floor, and a small window with a hollow-chamfered granite surround. Further left is a four-centred arched granite doorway, chamfered, with a loading door above and an inserted door to the end. The right end is built into the bank; the upper ground level wall has been partially rebuilt, incorporating a 20th-century window set within what was formerly a larger opening with hollow-chamfered granite jambs. The rear facade features a four-centred arched granite doorway, hollow-chamfered with stops, and two 20th-century windows at ground floor, one re-using a granite mullion.

The 18th-century addition has three ground-floor openings, all with flat stone arches and keystones. The central opening originally contained a door, flanked by windows that were formerly doors. It has two hipped dormers – one above a loading door and one above a window – and two rows of square pigeon holes with slate perches. The corner wall features rounded granite quoins. Similarly, the end wall has two rows of square pigeon holes with slate perches. The rear of the 18th-century building has a 20th-century window with a flat stone arch and keystone.

The attached wall is approximately 3 meters high and 15 meters long, with a granite doorway featuring a four-centred arch, roll mouldings, moulded jambs, recessed spandrels bearing the initials GT, and a hood mould. A slatestone relieving arch is located on the outer side of the doorway, where some granite ashlar walling remains from the former house.

Inside the shippon, the front granite doorway leads to a passage with a masonry wall to the left, containing a similar four-centred arched granite doorway. A partition wall existed to the right of the passage, but has since been removed. The roof structure dates to the 19th century.