Trewithian House, Gate, Piers, Steps And Garden Walls To East

SW 83 NE GERRANS TREWITHIAN

3/50 Trewithian House, gate, piers, - steps and garden walls to east 30-5-67 GV II

Country house, now 2 houses, gate piers, steps and garden walls to front. Circa 1700 remodelling of earlier house. Slatestone rubble walls, hipped asbestos slate roof with brick chimney over hipped end of left wing, over external lateral breast to right wing and over external rear lateral stack. Further chimney to rear of each wing. U shaped plan with main stair off centre to right. 2 storeys. Symmetrical central 3 window east front with flanking projecting wings of equal length. Central doorway with 6-panel door and distyle Tuscan porch (probably C20 copy) with low pitched triangular pediment. 24-pane sashes in openings with flat slatestone arches to ground floor and wooden lintels to first floor. Ground floor left window has original sash with heavy ovolo moulded glazing bars. Two window north wall of left wing has 24-pane sashes with original sash to first floor left and first floor right blocked. Further original sash with 18-panes to first floor left of east wall, smaller 4-pane sash right. 3 window south wall has 16 sash to stairs left over small gable porch with side entrance and 16-pane sash to first floor right. Right wing has 12-pane sash to ground floor middle and to ground floor east and over. Rear has 24-pane sash to main stair and wide 3-light casement to right. Interior has original open well main stair and dog-leg second stair both with concealed balusters. Clover leaf, torus moulded plaster ceiling circa 1700 survives in parlour to ground floor of right wing. Contemporary bolection moulded panelling was removed circa 1970's. Original pine roof structure with lapped and pegged collars to principals rafters. Deeds from C14.

Listing NGR: SW8790237294