Beeslow

Beeslow is a house, possibly dating from the 17th century, built of slate stone rubble with a rag slate roof. The slates are morticed and tenoned at the ridge. The roof features gable ends, with a lower roof on the right side and a gable end to the rear wing. Stone rubble stacks with slate strings sit on the left hand gable end and to the right of centre (the latter possibly originally a gable end stack), with another stone rubble stack on the gable end of the rear wing. All stacks are topped with slate pots of local Tintagel construction.

The building's plan has evolved through several phases. The earliest 17th-century structure may originally have been a two-room house with a cross passage, both rooms heated by gable end stacks. Evidence from ceiling beams suggests the entrance opened directly into the left hand room, with a partition (now removed) on the right hand side of the passage. Around the late 17th century, the house was probably extended on the higher right side with an unheated single storey range, though the purpose of this extension is uncertain. Around the early 18th century, a one-room wing heated by a gable end stack was added to the rear at the junction of the two 17th-century ranges, forming an overall T-shaped plan. Around the 19th century, a one-room outshot was added to the rear of the left hand range in the angle with the rear wing.

The house is two storeys on the left and single storey on the right, with a straight joint between them. The front is asymmetrical with two windows. The ground floor of the two storey range has a 20th-century stone rubble porch with a three-light mullion window on the left (featuring slightly hollowed chamfers and a hood mould) and a two-light casement to the right. The first floor has two 20th-century windows in half dormers with raking roofs. The single storey range to the right has a plank door on the left and is lit by a 20th-century mullion window on the right. The rear wing has a four-light granite mullion window that has been reset, with a plank door to its left near the junction with the main range. A three-light mullion window has been inserted below the raking dormer roof of the rear outshot.

Internally, the partition on the higher right hand side of the passage in the early 17th-century range has been removed, with no evidence of a partition on the lower side. The fireplace on the left hand gable end has been remodelled but retains its cloam oven, whilst the fireplace on the original right hand gable end has been blocked up. The 17th-century range contains three main chamfered cross beams, one with double stepped and hollow stops. The floor joists are largely bowtell moulded. The floor joists in the rear wing have been replaced and the fireplace remodelled with a renewed granite lintel.

The roof structure above the single storey range on the right has principals that are halved and lap-jointed with pegged apices; the collars are partly renewed. The earlier 17th-century range to the left has a seven-bay roof structure, of which only part is accessible. The principals on the right appear to be lap-jointed and pegged at the apices, and a short piece of possibly sooted purlin has been reused near the right hand gable end. However, at the lower left hand end, only the feet of the principals are visible; these are slightly chamfered and curved and have been covered with dark stain. The rear wing contains three bays with only the straight feet of the principals visible. A closed truss forms the partition between the main range and rear wing.