Reen Manor House

A manor house, likely dating to the late Medieval period, with extensions from the 17th century, and a datestone of 1656 bearing the initials E.C. (for Edward Cottey). The construction uses granite and killas rubble walls, with some dressed granite, and incorporates slate-hanging. The roofs are covered with scantle slate, with rubble stacks at the gable ends and a truncated lateral stack on the rear wall of the rear wing.

The house has an L-shaped plan. The front range contains a two-room-plan house on the left, with a lobby entrance between the rooms, and a 17th-century extension on the right. The original front range has very thick walls but was partially rebuilt in the 18th century. A deep, two-room-plan wing is set at a right angle behind the left-hand room, built or remodelled in two phases. It is possible that this wing evolved from a former three-room and through-passage house. The 17th-century house is connected to the older house by a high screen wall with a dated doorway on its left. The original house was likely a two-room-plan, now consisting of one room at the front and an extension at the rear, and it connects to a former stair tower of an adjoining Medieval or 16th-century barn.

The southwest front, which has three windows, presents a symmetrical facade with a central doorway. The original part of the house has a 6-panel door within a stone rubble porch. More recent windows are set within 18th or 19th-century openings spanned by granite lintels. Some re-used chamfered masonry from the 17th century or earlier is also present. To the right of the front is a chamfered granite doorway with pyramid stops, a hoodmould, and the inscription “1656 EC” on the lintel. Further right is the probable original rear wall of the 17th-century house, with an old opening at ground floor level, featuring what appears to be reused ships timber as an internal lintel.

Internally, a likely 18th-century fireplace in the left-hand room includes a partly blocked cloam oven, and a fireplace in the rear wing has an oven projection. Otherwise, inspected room features date from the mid 19th century or 20th century.