Trewithick Farmhouse And Adjoining Outbuildings

Trewithick Farmhouse and its adjoining outbuildings date from the 18th century, with some remodeling occurring around the early 19th century, and the outbuildings being from the 19th century. The farmhouse is built of coursed granite rubble, featuring slate sills and granite lintels, topped with a wheat reed thatched roof and dressed granite chimneys at each gable end. The outbuildings have scantle slate or corrugated sheeting over granite rubble.

The farmhouse has a double depth plan with a central cross passage leading to a staircase that is partly within a rectangular rear projection. To the left of the passage is a parlour with a shallow pantry behind it, while to the right is a hall/kitchen with a shallow back kitchen dairy behind. There is a washhouse adjoining at right angles at the rear left, a hen house returning to the right parallel to the rear, and a piggery returning to the rear right of the hen house. Additionally, there is a lean-to earth closet at the left gable end of the house, next to the washhouse.

The building stands two storeys high with a nearly symmetrical three-window front facing southeast. It features a nearly central doorway that possibly has the original six-panel door, with the top panels later glazed. There is a 20th-century lean-to rubble porch, and a 20th-century window above the doorway in the original square opening. The other window openings are wider and contain early 19th-century tripartite hornless sashes with glazing bars; the first-floor sashes are only three panes high with high meeting rails. The rear of the house has seen little alteration since the early 19th century, mostly featuring horizontal sliding sashes with glazing bars.

The outbuildings are largely complete and unaltered, with the washhouse and open-fronted hen house partially enclosing a small courtyard. Inside the farmhouse, most features date to the early 19th century, including a dog-leg stick-baluster staircase and four-panel doors. Slate shelves remain in the pantry, and the lower plastered ceiling in the parlour is likely original, as is the roof structure. Trewithick Farmhouse and its outbuildings form an unusually complete and unaltered group set within an unspoilt coastal landscape.