Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1974. Merchant's house.
Well House
- WRENN ID
- steep-jamb-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1974
- Type
- Merchant's house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well House is a merchant's house, likely from the 16th century, with its front remodeled in the mid-19th century. It features a painted rubble front with shallow segmental arches over the openings and a slate roof. The building has a U-shaped plan that includes rear wings, with the left-hand wing being deeper.
The exterior is three storeys high and has a two-window range. The first floor has mid-19th century 12-pane hornless sash windows, while the upper floor features later 4-pane horned sashes. The ground floor has three doorways located at the far left, far right, and to the right of center, with old panelled and glazed doors. There is also a small two-light casement window beneath the left-hand windows.
Inside, the house includes a 16th-century coffered ceiling with heavy moulded oak beams in the first-floor chamber, and chamfered cross beams on the ground floor. Additionally, built into the retaining wall of the old quarried face at the rear is a well house that features a 16th or 17th-century moulded basket-arched doorway.
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