Description

SOUTH PEThERWIN
SX28SE Treguddick
1/20
1.12.51
GV II*
Farmhouse. Circa late C16 (dated 1576) remodelled and extended after a fire in
1878. Stone rubble with granite dressings. Slate roof with half-hipped and
gabled ends and ridge tiles. Lateral and gable end stacks with late C19 red
brick shafts. 3-room-and-through-passage main range, facing east, the high end to
the right (north). 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window east front. Cavetto-moulded
granite 3-light mullion windows with hoodmoulds. The 2 ground floor right hand
windows have 4 lights with king mullions and quatrefoil label stops. All
casements with leaded panes. Central 2-storey porch with hipped roof,
weathervane and moulded granite 4- centred arch doorway with sunken spandrels,
hoodmould and inscription over. "Anno Domini 1576 N.T". Doorway of left of
front with chamfered 4-centred arch frame. On right above ground floor windows a
granite coats of arms, quartered with lions guardout and flew-de-lis and date
1878. Shield in north gable end. At rear central stair tower with half-hipped
roof and chamfered 4 central arch doorway, small window to left and large
segmental-headed windows on ground floor and 3-light segmented-headed window on
first floor with plastic frame. On right parallel range with segmental headed 4-
pane sashes and single storey outshut.
Interior: Screens passage has 4 centred arch front and rear doorways with draw
bars, the front with fern-leaf spandrels, 4-centred arch service doorway and
Victorian gothic doorway to hall. Hall has large moulded granite 3-centred arch
fireplace with carved fern-leaf spandrels and 4-centred arch doorway to left of
stairs; C19 moulded plaster ceiling cornice. On high end wall of hall a very
large plaster Royal Arms of Elizabeth I dated 1593. Lower end room has Victorian
gothic chimneypiece and arched alcoves either side. Kitchen behind lower end has
large moulded granite 3-centred arch fireplace with sunken spandrels. Dairy has
large slate-top table, slate shelves and grille to salting room with granite
salting troughs. Old plank doors inside. First floor and roof structure not
inspected (roof said to have been rebuilt)
Historical Note: The initials over the front doorway are those of Nicholas
Treguddick who built the house in 1576. The large Royal Arms of Elizabeth I in
the hall is reputedly to mark a visit by the Queen in 1593.

Listing NGR: SX2787782143

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Treguddick at Wikipedia
• Treguddick official website
• Wikidata Q17556183

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  For the Record
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)