Garlenick

Garlenick is a house probably dating from the late 17th century but substantially rebuilt in 1812 for Gwennap Moore, with the date GM 1812 marked on the building. Few later alterations have been made.

The house is constructed of slatestone rubble with Pentewan stone dressings. The slate roof spans 3 sections with a central well, ridge tiles, and gable ends. Gable end stacks have Pentewan stone shafts and cornices. The building is partly rendered.

The plan is of large double depth with a central entrance, principal rooms to front right and left, and a central hall accessed from the entrance. The stair hall is positioned to the left side, with a further principal room to the rear left. To the rear right is a lateral passage containing service rooms and a small gun room or office to the front of the passage. A service stair is located to the rear.

The exterior is 2 storeys with a symmetrical 5-bay front on a plinth, finished with an embattled parapet. The central entrance comprises an early 19th-century 6-panelled door with a fanlight featuring decorative glazing bars, set under a round arch with a cornice on consoles. To the right and left are two 19th-century 16-pane sashes with stone voussoirs, and five similar sashes occupy the first floor. Three hipped dormers, each containing a 19th-century 2-light 6-pane casement, are set in the roof.

Attached to the right is a screen wall in rubble with coping and a stone cross set over a doorway with segmental arch, leading to the service courtyard on the right side of the house. The right side is rendered and lined out with lead rainwater heads. This elevation comprises 3 bays under 3 gables, all with early 19th-century windows. The central bay has a 16-pane sash with voussoirs and a panelled and glazed door at ground floor; the attic contains a 6-pane sash with segmental arch and a bellcote dated GM 1812, with a stone gable and ball finial above.

Attached to the right is a single-storey range enclosing the service courtyard, with 20th-century windows and doors. The main range contains a central open passageway with an elliptical arch over each doorway. The roof is concrete tiled with gable ends and is heated by a large stack with rubble shaft at the rear. The left end has two blind gable ends with a central bay featuring an embattled parapet. At ground and first floors in this central bay is a 16-pane sash with voussoirs and a large round-arched 24-pane sash with radial glazing bars, lighting the main staircase.

The rear elevation comprises four bays with a modillion cornice. The 3 bays to the left have 16-pane sashes at ground and first floors; to the right is a 20-pane sash with sidelights and segmental arch at ground floor, and a 16-pane sash with sidelights at first floor. Four hipped dormers, each with a 6-pane sash, light the upper storey.

Interior features include the entrance hallway, which has a plaster quadripartite vault with pilasters. The room to the front right has a cornice with Lombard frieze and a 20th-century replacement chimneypiece, together with a pedimented doorcase. The room to the front left contains a chimneypiece with crossed guns, commemorating Sir John Moore of Corunna, and a plain cornice. To the rear left is a dining room with a marble chimneypiece incorporating slender columns, a plaster cornice, and a centrepiece. All ground floor rooms feature 6-panelled doors. To the mid left is a closet or linen room. To the mid right is the gun room or office, with a chimneypiece set in the corner with moulded mantel and pilasters. To the rear is a lateral corridor with a straight hall to the left; this hall has a cornice with anthemia, an open-well stair with stick balusters and wreathed handrail, and a dado rail. At first floor, all rooms have 6-panelled doors with reeded architraves and reeded cornices.

In the single-storey range attached to the right, the rear gable end fireplace contains a spit and cloam oven with a cast iron door. The passage through the range is paved with cobbles.