Trebarwith Farmhouse And Barn Adjoining On Rear

Trebarwith Farmhouse and barn adjoining to the rear is likely from the late 16th century, with extensions in the early 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The barn was added around the early 19th century. The farmhouse is built of slate stone rubble with a rag slate roof with gable ends and two rear wings. The roof above the through passage has collapsed. It has a stone rubble stack on the left-hand gable end and a stone rubble side lateral stack to the rear service wing.

The original plan was probably a two-room or more, through-passage layout with a lower end on the left, originally heated by a gable end stack, and a higher end on the right, possibly heated by a gable end or rear lateral stack. The partition on the lower side of the passage continues as a cross wall to the apex and the partition on the higher side of the passage may have originally continued to the first-floor level. The chamber above the lower end likely contained a high-quality fireplace in the gable end. Around the early 17th century, a kitchen range was added to the rear of the hall on the right, with a side lateral stack. Around the 18th century, another room was added to the higher right-hand gable end of the hall; it is unclear if this replaced an earlier room. Around the late 18th or early 19th century, a lean-to extension was added to the front of the lower left-hand room, heated by an end stack, and a single-room wing was added to the rear of the left-hand room in the later 19th century. A rectangular barn was added to the rear of the kitchen range around the early 19th century; this barn may have previously contained a horse-engine house, probably demolished when replaced with water power.

The front elevation is asymmetrical with two windows. It has a lean-to outshot on the front left and an entrance to the left of centre, with a blocked opening alongside and a door opening into a later range on the right. There are remains of two sash windows with raking roofs just breaking the eaves on the first floor.

Internal inspection was not possible during the survey. In the left-hand room, there is a large lintel above the kitchen fireplace with a large, probably granite, cloam oven. The chamber directly above has a large, fine-quality fireplace, the chamfered lintel supported by two corbelled brackets. The floor joists have been removed and the roof structure above the through passage is partly decayed.

The barn adjoining the right-hand service range on the rear is two stories with a slate roof with hipped ends and shuttered openings on the first floor.