Penpol

Penpol is a Grade II listed house dating from the early to mid 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a cement washed slate roof with gable ends and projecting stone rubble gable end stacks, including a cloam oven projection on the right-hand stack. The layout consists of two rooms and a through passage, likely with a parlour on the left and a kitchen on the right, both heated by end stacks. There is a thick partition wall on the left side of the passage, while the partition on the right has been removed, and the rear entrance has been blocked. A 20th-century single-storey extension of one room is located at the rear left.

The house is two storeys high, and the front wall appears to have been partly rebuilt, with the right side set slightly forward. The almost symmetrical front features three windows and a central stone rubble porch from the 19th century, with the gable end rebuilt in the late 20th century. The entrance has a 20th-century plank door and a 17th-century ovolo moulded timber lintel with ogee stops. There are two 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars; the left opening has an unmoulded granite lintel, while the right has a dressed granite flat arch with a keystone. The first floor has three 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars.

On the rear elevation, there is a window in the blocked rear entrance featuring a 17th-century ovolo-moulded timber lintel, and a similar lintel is found at the probable stair window at the back of the right-hand room. Inside, the thick wall on the left side of the passage remains, and the partition on the right has likely been removed. A 20th-century stair, possibly in the original position, is located at the rear of the right-hand room. The ceiling beams are roughly cut with a slight chamfer. The fireplace in the probable parlour on the left has a chamfered granite lintel with straight-cut stops and chamfered granite jambs, while the right-hand fireplace features a granite lintel with a dressed stone relieving arch above and a cloam oven. The first floor and roof timbers are not accessible. Penpol is noted for being a particularly unspoilt 17th-century house with a two-room and through passage plan.