Wesley's Cottage

Wesley’s Cottage is a house dating to the early 18th century, with extensions added in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with a slate roof and a stone rubble end stack on the left. Originally, the house likely comprised two rooms, with an entrance positioned to the right of centre. The right-hand room was unheated, while the hall-kitchen on the left had a heating stack at the end. A two-room plan wing was added to the rear right side in the mid-18th century. The front facade is asymmetrical, featuring two windows. A stone rubble porch with a dressed granite round arch shelters the plank front door, which is situated to the right of centre. A plank door is visible to the right, alongside a 20th-century two-light casement window to the left of the porch, and two similar casements on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage was the home of Digory and Elizabeth Isbel of Trewint. Historical records from John Nelson's Cornish Journey detail how two early Methodist preachers, Nelson and Downes, were welcomed and entertained by Digory and Elizabeth Isbell. A small wing was added to the rear of the cottage in the mid-19th century to provide additional living space. The cottage is of group value as it is the site where John Wesley preached on 2nd April 1744.