Trewint

This is a farmhouse, likely dating to the late 16th century, with a mid-19th century extension. It is constructed of local stone rubble, rendered on the front, and has a slate roof with gable ends. A second range extends to the rear, with a half-hipped end on the right and a hipped end on the left. A wing on the rear right has a corrugated asbestos roof with a gable end. There are brick stacks on the left-hand gable end and a rendered rear-lateral stack in the central valley, heating the left-hand room of the front range. A gabled stone rubble rear-lateral stack also serves the right-hand room of the rear range.

The original plan layout is unclear. The earliest part appears to be a range with a single room, originally heated by a gabled rear lateral stack, and a single-storey wing to the rear right, built into a barn as the ground rises. This rear wing seems to have been unheated, though the right-hand side wall has a ventilation slit and the left-hand side wall has been partly rebuilt in the 20th century. It’s possible this wing was originally heated by the now-existing lateral stack, with the fireplace reoriented. Weathering on the stack suggests a previously higher roof height for the rear wing. Around the mid-19th century, a two-room front range with a central entrance was added, and the rear range may have been extended to the left, contemporary with the front extension.

The front of the farmhouse has two storeys and a regular three-window arrangement. The ground floor has two tall, 16-pane sash windows with 19th-century hood moulds, and a 20th-century glazed brick porch in the centre. There are three smaller 16-pane sashes on the first floor. A four-light mullion window is visible on the right-hand side wall of the rear range, on the ground floor; the central king mullion remains, while the two outer mullions have been removed. A three-light mullion window with removed mullions is on the first floor of the rear range.

The interior has been largely remodelled in the 19th century. A 19th-century chimneypiece is in the room on the front right, and the earlier range to the rear has a 20th-century grate served by the rear lateral stack. The first-floor structure and roof space are inaccessible.