Round Cottage

SW 83 NE PHILLEIGH PHILLEIGH

3/63 Round cottage (formerly listed as - Round House) 30-5-57 GV II*

Cottage. Circa 1800 extended C20 to rear. Painted slatestone and cob with original scantle slate roof, and with pair of conical roofs over half round wings. Brick chimneys over side walls. Cottage ornee two D shaped rooms linked by central vestibule and stair. 2 storeys. 3 window north front has central arched doorway with window over flanked by semi-circular on plan projecting wings with original pointed arch-headed openings. Those to first floor with small gables over window heads. Original Gothick detailed door and original 2 light casement windows, 4 with Gothic tracery and some original glazing bars surviving to casements. Slate roofed lean-to canopy over door. C20 extension to rear. Interior is unaltered with original arched doorway to stairs, original 2 panel doors with HL hinges, open beamed ceilings to ground floor and original roof structure. Similarities between this building and the round houses of Veryan nearby suggest that this must be by the same builder, Hugh Rowe of Lostwithiel and possibly for the same patron, The Reverend Jeremiah Trist. Round Cottage is a much more intact example.

Listing NGR: SW8709839370