Essa

SX 15 SW LANTEGLOS-BY-FOWEY

8/55 Essa

• II

Farmhouse, circa late C17 or early C18. C20 extension to rear. Whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof. Large projecting stone stack on left hand gable end with brick stack in right hand hipped end. Originally 2 rooms with cross passage. 2 storeys asymmetrical 2 window front. Ground floor with two 2-light casements, the left hand window with glazing bars. Central door with rendered C20 porch. Above two 2-light casements, the right hand one with glazing bars. Single storey store on left hand gable end, rubble stone with slate roof and 2 double doors. Interior not inspected. In C13 the Manor of Polruan, otherwise Esse or Ussa, belonged to the Daubeny family. However by the end of the C14 the Manor had been divided up and linked with the Manor of Lanteglos. N A Ackland and R M Druce, Lanteglos-by-Fowey with Polruan and Bodinnick, 1978. C Henderson and H Coates Old Cornish Bridges and Streams 1928 rp.1972.

Listing NGR: SX1363951179