Pound House and Pound House Barn

This is a pair of former outbuildings, converted into two semi-detached houses. They date from the 16th and 17th centuries, with later alterations. The buildings are constructed of rubble stone with granite dressings and a slate roof.

The layout is L-shaped, consisting of a north range (Pound House Barn) aligned east to west, and a south range (Pound House) set at a right angle. The north range, with a half-hipped roof, has a south-facing elevation featuring an entrance with an arched head and a contemporary timber door. To its right is a small, segmental-headed window with stone voussoirs, and a single light at the first floor. The east elevation of the south block has a segmental-arched throughway to the far right, with a small single light above. To the left of the throughway is a larger window and entrance door, both set within segmental arches. The opposing (west) elevation features from left to right, a chamfered segmental arch to the throughway, a doorway with stone voussoirs, and a two-light casement window with a heavy granite mullion and lintel. At first floor are two single-light windows with broad timber jambs. The west return of the north range contains a 16th-century two-light granite window with pointed heads, spandrels, and a hoodmould.

The interior has not been inspected.

The buildings were originally part of a collection of ancillary structures connected to Old Traine and West Cottage, a courtyard house built in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The estate was inherited by John Swete in 1550 and remained in the family's ownership until the mid-19th century.

The buildings are designated at Grade II for their strong vernacular character as stone-built former ancillary buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries, and for their cogent grouping with the Grade II* listed main house and other former ancillary buildings, which are also listed.