Tredis House With Attached Barn And Wall

Tredis House with Attached Barn and Wall

This is a house with attached barn and wall, situated in Sheviock. The main building probably originated in the mid-17th century but was enlarged and significantly altered during the mid to late 18th century. An early 19th-century addition was made to the rear left, which is said to have functioned as a toll house. A later 19th-century wing was subsequently built to the rear, connecting the house to a barn that probably dates from the 18th century. The wall attached to the barn is believed to date from the same period as the toll house. The building has undergone alterations in the 20th century.

The structure is constructed of slatestone rubble with a rendered front elevation and a hipped slate roof. The original range features a rear lateral stack heating the lower end and the original hall. The 18th-century addition has a gable end with a brick gable end stack to its right side. The original inner room is heated by a gable end stack.

The plan originally comprised three rooms with a through passage. The lower end to the left is heated by the rear lateral stack, the hall to the right is also heated by a rear lateral stack, and the inner room at the end right is heated by a gable end stack. Around the mid-18th century, a two-storey wing of two-room plan was added to the front of the upper end, with a stair inserted in the rear room. The rear room is heated by a side stack and the front end room by a gable end stack. In the early 19th century, a single-room addition was made to the rear of the lower end, identified as the toll house. Later in the 19th century, a two-storey single-room addition was constructed to the rear of the upper end to connect the house to the barn.

The barn has a short slatestone rubble wall attached to its front gable end, approximately 1 metre 40 centimetres high and about 3 metres long, arranged in an arc. This wall features five small triangular recesses on the outer side and one on the toll house side, lined with slate and said to be for lights. A matching wall formerly existed on the opposite side of the road, together forming a gateway across the road for the toll house.

A small single-storey addition of one-room plan is attached to the front of the hall, possibly of late 17th-century date and of unknown function.

The exterior is two storeys, with the original range to the left and the 18th-century wing projecting to the front right. The original position of the front passage door is now concealed by render. The range to the left has two two-light casements at ground floor with pointed arches and Gothic hexagonal cast iron glazing, two two-light raking dormers with similar glazing, and a central single light under the eaves above the position of the original passage door. A single-storey rubble addition fills the angle with the front wing, featuring 20th-century double-glazed doors and a single raking dormer. The two-storey wing to the right has two 20th-century French windows with Gothic overlights, a central 20th-century eight-pane light, and three raking dormers each with a pointed arched casement and flat head.

The front gable end of the wing features an external stack with shaped top, a 20th-century panelled door with overlight, and at first floor a three-light casement with Gothic glazing. The gable end wall of the lower end to the left is in painted rubble with a single pointed arched casement at ground floor and a blocked slit window under the eaves.

The single-storey toll house attached to the rear left has a chamfered wall, a two-light Gothic casement with cambered brick head at front and side, a gable end brick stack, and a 20th-century plate-glass window and porch to the outer side. The later 19th-century two-storey wing to the rear is in sandstone rubble with a half-glazed door and a blocked door with six-pane light, all featuring segmental heads, and two twelve-pane sashes at first floor.

The rear of the house features a rendered rear lateral stack to the lower end and a rear passage door in a 20th-century porch, with an external rear lateral stack to the hall. The barn is constructed of mixed slatestone and sandstone rubble with a hipped slate roof and has a gable end to the road with a wide entrance. The left outer side has an external stair to double doors.

The interior has been substantially altered in the 20th century. The gable end fireplace in the 18th-century wing is in granite with a flat head and hollow-chamfered profile, probably re-sited. To the rear of the wing is an 18th-century dog-leg stair with panelling and pilasters to its sides. In the lower end, the rear lateral fireplace has an oven recess to both right and left. Two steps lead up to the former hall to the right, with a partition wall between the hall and former passage.

In the 20th century, the trellis verandah along the inner side of the 18th-century addition was removed and alterations were made to windows and internal partition walls. The door to the front of the through passage has been blocked and a new entrance formed in the front gable end of the 18th-century wing.