Tolver Farmhouse

Tolver Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into two houses. It likely dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with the front wall partially rebuilt in the 19th century. The building is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings and features slurried scantle slate roofs, hipped over the front porch and left-hand end, while the other ends are gable. There is a dressed granite axial stack over the cross wall towards the right, a rubble stack at the rear gable of the wing, and lateral stacks to the front left and over the rear wall.

The overall plan is L-shaped, consisting of three rooms and a through passage along the front, with a service or parlour wing behind the left-hand room. A two-storey porch is located in front of the passage, and there is a large stair tower, likely from the 18th century, behind the right-hand room. The 16th or 17th-century hall is situated on the right of the passage and features a large rear lateral fireplace. Additionally, there is a 19th-century one-room dairy extension at the far right.

The exterior is two storeys high with a slightly irregular four-window south front. The two-storey porch is towards the left and has an original moulded doorway with a hoodmould above, although it is now fitted with a window. The opening above this doorway was reduced in the late 19th century. Most of the windows are late 19th-century horned sashes. The present doorway is located to the right of the porch. A 17th-century three-light window with removed mullions is found in the middle of the left-hand wall, along with a 17th-century chamfered doorway at the rear of the through passage.

Inside, there are features from the 17th century or earlier, including a large moulded hall fireplace with scrolled stops and a moulded chamfered doorway with pyramid stops leading from the hall to the passage behind the right-hand parlour. There is an 18th-century stair. The interior of the left-hand house, including the first floor and roof structure, has not been inspected but may be original. The surviving 17th-century features are of high quality, indicating that this was one of the most significant houses in this part of Cornwall during the 17th century or earlier.