Ferncliffe, Hove To, Sea View

Ferncliffe, Hove To, and Sea View are a terrace of four houses built around the mid to late 18th century, believed to have been constructed for shipwrights and originally part of the Trelissick Estate. The buildings are made of slatestone rubble and cob, mostly rendered and painted, although No 2 retains its original stone and cob texture. The original roofs were made of scantle slate, with No 4 still having this roof type, featuring a hip to the south. The other houses have roofs made of asbestos slate or dry slate. Brick chimneys are located over the party walls and at the north and south ends, with an external chimney breast to the north intended for an additional house that was never built.

Each house has a two-room central stair plan, and No 1 includes a rear wing added in the 1820s. They are two storeys high, with a symmetrical three-window front facing northeast and a central doorway. No 1 features a 20th-century porch, while No 3 has a 19th-century gable porch. No 2 retains a four-panel door, while the others have later replacements. Most windows are original two or three-light casements, except for the ground floor windows of Nos 1 and 3, and the first-floor middle window of No 2. The windows above the doorways are narrower and have two lights. All original windows include internal ovolo-mouldings to the glazing bars and mullions, much original glass, and many original hinges. The three-light casements have a central opening light. No 1 has an original wooden launder supported by shaped wooden brackets. The interior of No 1 features two-panel doors with HL hinges on the first floor, along with original floors and roof structure. The interiors of the other houses have not been inspected but are reported to be little altered and possibly even more complete. This terrace is an early example in Cornwall of symmetrical houses and is particularly notable for having so many original windows. It is situated in an unspoilt stretch of Pill Creek.