Description

TRURO

SW84NW KENWYN CHURCH ROAD
880-1/1/81 (East side)
Cathedral View House

II

Formerly known as: Trevrea KENWYN CHURCH ROAD.
House, now residential home. c1850s. Local rubble with granite
dressings; very steep gabled dry Delabole slate roofs with
lateral and axial stone stacks with gablet heads.
Overall irregular T-shaped plan with entrance hall and larger
stair hall under separate roofs in west angle plus C20
extensions at the rear and on left. Domestic Gothic style. 2
storeys plus attics. Irregular elevations have shouldered
window openings, most with small-paned casements.
South-west entrance front has 2-storey porch, towards right,
with pointed-arched moulded doorway with hoodmould and window
above with hoodmould; original V-jointed boarded door within
moulded wooden inner frame. Left of porch roof sweeps down as
outshut over 3 ground-floor windows; wide 2-light dormered
window towards right has patterned slate-hung gable; service
shouldered-arched doorway set back on left. Right of porch is
taller gable end of cross wing with lean-to 3-bay arch-braced
verandah (plus 3 similar bays to right-hand return); central
doorway with shouldered arch; 3-light window over and 2-light
window to gable.
South-east garden front has verandah return on the left, 3
windows and gable over then taller gable with 2-storey canted
bay window and 2-window-range rendered wing on the right.
Other elevations similarly detailed.
INTERIOR: has been altered to conform to fire regulations but
retains original stair with square turned balusters and carved
newel post, some chamfered, panelled door reveals and some
chamfered panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SW8186545666

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497178

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Recommended Books

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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover