Trewithey Farmhouse

NORTH HILL SX 27 NE 4/107 Trewithey Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Probably late C16 or early C17,possibly with earlier origins. Rendered stone rubble. Slate roof with gable ends and lower range on right with hipped end. Brick axial and end stacks. Plan: Original arrangement of plan uncertain. The house is built down the slope with the ground rising to left. The higher left end was demolished in the early to mid C20; the house now has a 3-room plan, the left hand and central rooms sharing an axial stack and the right hand room heated by an end stack. A C17 2-storey porch provides direct entrance into the left hand room; this is a particularly unusual arrangement as there is no sign that this room was originally divided to form a cross or through passage and there is no sign of a passage back doorway. Although the fireplace is partly blocked the projection which interestingly is close to the entrance, suggests that there is a large fireplace opening. The arrangement of this plan has close similarities to Stonaford House (q.v.). In the C19 a second entrance was inserted on the lower side of the central room and C19 partitions and stair inserted within. It is uncertain if the lower room on right is a later addition. Exterior: Two storeys. Asymmetrical 1:1:2 window front. Gabled 2-storey porch to left has chamfered segmental granite arch with ball and pyramid stops and a C17 studded door. Granite 2-light mullion window on first floor. To right two late C19 or C20 1-light windows flank a C19 stone rubble porch with slate lean-to roof and C19 door. First floor with two late C19 or C20 2-light windows flanking a one-light window. The roof level drops at the cross wall between the central and right hand rooms. The left hand gable end is hung with corrugated asbestos sheets. Interior: Inner entrance has a square headed chamfered granite frame with eroded stops. The ceiling beams within the porch have been removed and a stair inserted on the left hand side provided access to the room above the left hand room. The left hand room has heavy wany chamfered ceiling beams, some with straight cut stops. The fireplace is partly blocked with a Rayburn stove. The central room has heavy wany chamfered ceiling beams and the remains of a chamfered surround to the fireplace. The lower room on right has a plastered ceiling and a C20 grate. The roof structure above the porch, the left hand room and central room has been replaced in the late C19 or C20 and there is no sign of the earlier structure; the eaves have been raised. The roof structure above the lower room on right was not accessible. Manor of Trewithey, formerly seat of Issacke family later belonging to Vincents (qv battens). Polsue, J Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, 1872, reprinted 1974.

Listing NGR: SX2809176902