Higher Trewiggett

Higher Trewiggett is a house that originated around 1600, with additions made in the 17th century. It has been extensively rebuilt and now largely reflects a character from the mid to late 19th century. The building is constructed of slatey random rubble with granite quoins and lintels, topped with a slurried slate roof featuring ridge tiles.

The house has an L-shaped plan, with the original 1600 two-cell through passage range facing south, which has undergone significant reconstruction in the late 19th century. The rear service wing consists of two sections: the first built in the early to mid-17th century, and a further extension added in the mid-17th century. The entire structure has been altered considerably in the late 19th century, including two 19th-century and modern outshuts, one at the angle of the L and another on the rear of the service wing.

The main front of the house features mostly 19th-century stonework and elements. It is two storeys high with two windows. To the left, there is a French door with marginal glazing, and to the right, a three-light stone mullion casement. Above, there are two three-light wooden casements. The entrance includes a basket arch doorway with hollow chamfered and pyramid stopped jambs. The ground floor is partially obscured by a 20th-century lean-to glazed verandah. There are large stone stacks, with one on the right-hand gable and a smaller one on the left-hand gable. The rear of this range has a two-light chamfered mullioned window situated above the lean-to. The service wing's entrance elevation features three modern two-light timber casements above a central door with two glazed panels and a hood. There is also a brick gable stack on the right.

Inside, the original 1600 range includes a door leading to the through passage, now tiled, with a plain 19th-century stair. The left-hand room, which serves as a parlour, has late 19th or early 20th-century ceiling beams and a Victorian black marble fireplace. The right-hand room, used as a kitchen, has a blocked fireplace with a cloam oven featuring an iron door, and a blacked two-light window in the rear wall. The floors are slate.