Molesworth Manor

Molesworth Manor is a rectory, now a private house, dating to 1854. It was built for Rev. Sir Hugh Molesworth, and may have been designed by William White, who also restored the Church of St Petroc Minor in Little Petherick. The building was extended in the early 20th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with snecked slate stone, and has a steeply pitched slate roof with gable ends. Stone axial and end stacks have moulded caps.

The original plan likely comprised a double-depth arrangement with a wide entrance hall to the left of centre; a study to the left, warmed by an end stack; a principal room to the right, warmed by an axial stack; and a service room beyond. A staircase and stair hall were positioned across the rear of the passage, and service rooms were located to the rear right. Further service rooms were originally accommodated in a rear courtyard, with stables and a coach house attached to the right, incorporating service rooms above. In the early 20th century, two-bay windows were added to the front facade, and a two-room cross wing was built to the left, extending into a wing at the rear.

The architectural style is Gothic. The exterior features two storeys and an attic, with an irregular window arrangement. The early 20th-century extension to the left is in a similar style to the main range. The original entrance was to the left of centre, with a tall gabled bay set slightly forward on the left and a lower gable bay to the far right. A gabled porch with a moulded two-centred arch, banded stone, and decorative framing is present. The porch is flanked by two early 20th-century bay windows and an original two-light mullion and transom window to the right. Above are a variety of sashes and casements, with an original chamfered and stopped frame to the far right, and an attic window in the gable above with decorative cusped framing. Three gabled dormers have fish-tail slate hanging. A 20th-century extension to the right features an ashlar granite dressed gabled bay set slightly forward, alongside the coach house and stables with a service wing above containing 19th-century sashes.

The interior hall has a Gothick plaster frieze with a two-centred arcaded design, similar to that found at the Dower House in Padstow, likely of comparable date, and resembling early 19th-century plasterwork at Prideaux Place in Padstow. A room to the right of the passage shares a similar plaster frieze, and features an original four-centred arched granite chimney-piece. The impressive open-well staircase has irregularly alternating barley-sugar twist, turned, and moulded balusters, and a moulded rail. The stair window displays the Molesworth Arms, initials, and the date HHM. 1854. The joinery is largely complete, with door stiles, rails, and muntins exhibiting characteristic chamfered and stopped detailing.