Pelynt House

PELYNT JUBILEE HILL, Pelynt SX 25 SW 4/185 Pelynt House - II

Rectory, now private house. 1841 by George Wightwick for Rev. J.B. Kitson. Stuccoed stone rubble with slate roof with gable ends to garden front and gable ends to offset parallel range to rear with gabled rear cross wing. Rendered brick chimney stacks on gable ends. Stack at left-hand gable end of garden front, corbelled above ground floor. Double depth plan with rear wing containing kitchen range, further extended by outshuts containing dairy and other service rooms. Tudor style. 2 storeys, regular 3-window garden front. Ground floor with canted bay window to left and double sash to right beneath hoodmould. First floor with 3 half-dormers with raking roofs with 2 double sashes and central single sash. Entrance front comprising right-hand gable end of garden range and rear gabled cross wing with entrance in angle. Stuccoed porch with 4-centred arched opening with panelled door within. Double 6-pane sash in gabled end of garden range to left, below corbelled chimney stack. Similar window to right of porch in cross wing. First floor of cross wing with 2 double sashes in half-dormers with raking roofs. Rear wing with gabled 2-storey porch near centre with 4-centred arch and panelled door within. 4-pane sash with hoodmould above. Interior largely intact with original stair, panelling and doorcases. See also school and school house, circa 1842 by George Wightwick. (qv The Old School House, Pelynt). Pearson, A Wightwick's Architectural Works in Cornwall

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