Treven

Treven is a farmhouse, now residential house, comprising a late 16th-century wing to the south west extended north east around 1706, as indicated by a datestone bearing that year. The building may have been extended for the Foot family. A further datestone marked "D W F" appears on the north east wing, possibly relating to later alterations.

The structure is built of stone rubble with 1831 slate galletting. The roofing consists of slate and ragslate with a gable end on the south east and hipped end on the north east. The south west wing has a rendered rear lateral hall stack, incorporated into a later outshut. A brick shaft projects from the stack on the south gable end, serving an inner room, with another brick shaft in the ridge at the junction of the two wings. The building has an L-shaped plan.

The south west 16th-century wing originally comprised three rooms arranged with a through passage and hall, which was probably open. A floor was inserted in the early 17th century, introducing a rear lateral stack. An unheated lower end contrasts with the heated inner room, now combined with the hall. A stair projection at the rear wraps around the rear lateral stack. The early 18th-century north east wing projects in an L-shape from the lower end of the main range, rising two storeys with an asymmetrical five-window front.

Externally, the north east elevation of the 16th-century range displays a two-window front. The ground floor contains a 19th-century three-light casement with glazing bars to the left, set beneath a chamfered timber lintel. At the centre stands a blocked opening beneath a timber lintel, adjacent to early to mid-20th-century French windows on the right, both sheltered by a slate hood. A 20th-century lean-to porch of stone rubble and slate roof occupies the angle between the two wings. Above this, a 19th-century three-light casement with glazing bars and a late 19th-century four-pane sash window appear to the right.

The north west elevation of the early 18th-century wing presents a three-window front. The ground floor features a 19th-century three-light casement with glazing bars beneath a dressed stone and granite arch. A plank door with glazed panel stands to the right of centre, with another dressed stone and granite arch to its right containing a 20th-century window. The first floor displays a 19th-century two-light casement with glazing bars, a late 19th-century four-pane sash, and a 20th-century window in an earlier opening on the right. Two outer windows feature granite cills. The datestone dated 1706 sits between the second and third windows, decorated with "D W F" flanked by two hearts, possibly signifying a wedding stone. Another datestone marked "WM" with a pointed head appears to the right. A lean-to extends across the right-hand hipped end, dated to 1831.

Interior

The 16th-century range retains its through passage arrangement. The lower room, now used as a dairy, originally remained unheated. The screen between the dairy and through passage has been replaced. Above stands a heavily chamfered bressumer with ornate ogee stops visible on the north east. A later fireplace serves the rear lateral stack, topped by a brick arch. The south east gable end contains an approximately 18th-century dressed stone arch framing a fireplace with smoking chamber and cloam oven. Heavy chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops span the spaces. Winder stairs continue around the rear wall of the rear lateral stack, with later timber treads overlaying probably original stone treads beneath. First-floor levels vary, with a slightly lower floor over the hall and inner room. A small fireplace in the north west gable end has a chamfered granite lintel.

The roof timbers over the lower end comprise two raised cruck trusses with heavy unchamfered principals morticed and tennoned at the apex. Trenched purlins and unchamfered, slightly cambered collars are dovetailed into the principals. A diagonal-set ridge crowns the structure. The roof timbers have been creosoted; however, possible smoke blackening on the second truss suggests earlier exposure to open hearth smoke. A further four pairs of principals above the hall and inner room have been sealed, with only the bases of their feet visible. These appear slightly curved.

Historical note: A tombchest of John Foot of Treven survives approximately one metre to the west of the south porch of the Church of St Sampson, South Hill.