Higher Treglidgwith House

Higher Treglidgwith House is a house, originally a farmhouse, dated 1799 and restored in the 20th century. It is constructed of granite rubble with dressed granite quoins, lintels and cills. The steeply pitched thatched roof has shaped granite kneelers, plain granite coping, and 20th-century red brick stacks on the gable ends.

The original plan was a double-depth arrangement with two principal front rooms, heated by gable-end stacks, and an entrance passage between them. The left-hand room was larger, likely the parlour, while the smaller right-hand room served as the kitchen. Two shallow, unheated rooms were originally at the rear. In the 20th century, partitions between the front and back rooms were removed, and the original staircase, possibly located between the front rooms, was replaced with a staircase at the back of the right-hand room. A single-story addition was also added to the right-hand end during the 20th century. A circa 18th-century cottage, situated diagonally across the rear right-hand corner, has been incorporated into the accommodation.

The front elevation is symmetrical with two windows. It features 20th-century two-light casement windows with glazing bars, granite lintels, and cills. A central doorway has an unchamfered granite lintel inscribed "C.M. 1799" in serifed upper-case lettering. A 20th-century glazed door and porch with a thatched hipped roof are also present. The rear elevation is asymmetrical, with 20th-century two-light casement windows with glazing bars. The circa 18th-century cottage at the rear right corner is of whitewashed granite rubble with a slate gable-ended roof and a dressed granite stack on the right-hand end.

Inside, the left-hand room has a fireplace with a massive, chamfered granite lintel and jambs; the lintel is longer than the fireplace and appears to be a reused feature. The right-hand room has a very large fireplace with a massive, unchamfered granite lintel, unchamfered granite jambs, and an oven on the right-hand side. The interior also includes 20th-century exposed softwood joists and softwood partitions. The roof structure was replaced in the 20th century.

Higher Treglidgwith was part of the manor of Treworval. In 1842, it was a 57-acre holding belonging to Thomas Medlyn, suggesting that C. Medlyn held the property in 1799, as indicated by the initials on the doorway lintel.