Description

SX 36 SW QUETHIOCK QUETHIOCK

12/137 Maids House

GV II

Four 1-roomed almshouses, then 2 cottages, now 1 cottage. Circa 1633-1640. Restored
in 1970s-1980s. Built for poor spinsters of the parish by William Coryton. Painted
stone rubble with painted rendered concrete block repairs. Rag slate roof with
hipped end on left and gable end on right. Brick stack on ridge near centre
replacing stone rubble stack.
2 room plan with axial stacks between, with back-to-back fireplaces. 1½ storeys,
originally symmetrical, 2 window front. 2 entrance doors near centre with chamfered
granite lintels and jambs with pyramid stops. C20, part glazed, plank doors.
Flanking entrances, two 3-light granite mullioned windows with hollow chamfered
mullions. Left-hand window renewed. Above 2 half-dormer windows with slate raking
roofs, inserted in 1970s. Reused 1-light and 3-light casements with glazing.
Dormers with casements to rear.
Interior; 2 granite fireplaces, back-to-back, chamfered granite lintels and jambs
with pyramid stops. Granite hearth to right-hand fireplace. Ceiling beams replaced.
Roof of 6 bays with heavy principals chamfered below collars with straight cranked
feet dying into wall. Wall plate possibly raised. Collars chamfered, dovetailed
into principals.
V. M and F. J Chesher. The Cornishman's House, 1968
Mary French A Victorian Village. A record of the Parish of Quethiock in Cornwall
1977

Listing NGR: SX3123264726

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432836

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)