Middle Trecott

Middle Trecott is likely a house, possibly originally a farmhouse, dating to around the early 16th century, with alterations in the early 17th century, and later additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. The walls are of rendered cob and the roof is thatched, gabled at the left end and hipped to the right. A granite ashlar axial stack, set off from the ridge and with a tapering cap, rises from the roof. The original layout was three rooms and a through-passage, with the lower end on the right, which has been reduced in height and partly rebuilt. There is a possibility the hall stack was later inserted, obscuring what may have originally been an open hall with a central hearth, though this cannot be confirmed. Rear additions were constructed in the 19th and 20th centuries. The front facade is asymmetrical, with a two-window arrangement featuring mid-to-late 20th-century leaded pane casements. A 20th-century gabled porch, open at the front, extends to the right-hand end, concealing a 19th-century plank and glazed door leading to the passage. A lean-to adjoins the right-hand end and an outshut runs along the rear wall. Inside, the hall features a fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel with diagonal-cut stops and roughly chamfered granite jambs; a clom oven is set into the right-hand side. A chamfered axial ceiling beam remains with two half beams featuring hollow step stops, and the joists have bead-moulding along their edges. The rear of the fireplace, facing the passage, is built of granite ashlar. Within the passage, two re-used chamfered ceiling beams are visible, bearing square mortices in their soffits. A section of plank and muntin screen with straight-cut stops is found behind the stack. The roof over the hall is a face-pegged jointed cruck frame with threaded purlins; however, access to the roof space is restricted, preventing assessment of any smoke-blackening.