Description

ST NEWLYN EAST A3058
SW 85 NE
(South West side)
2/27
30.5.1967 Tresillian House

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House. Late C18, extended mid C19 for Gully-Bennett family. Gritstone,
with granite raised quoins and dressings for openings. dalabole slate
roof.
Plan: Double pile, with central entrance hall on north-east front leading
to large stair well to rear. Library and main drawing room on south-east,
dining room in north-west corner, connected by butler's pantry below stair
well. Rear service wing, now flat, altered C19 (Datestone over secondary
entrance on north-west front) with servants stair.
Two storeys, entrance front of 5 window bays, the centre three bays close
spaced with central porch, open outer door; side lights, and hipped roof.
Inner door panelled, with leaded overlight. Windows 12-paned sashes with
concealed boxes. Granite flush quoins and radial lintel voussoirs. Three
bay south-east front. Eaves with regularly spaced granite corbels. Roof
hipped. Four symmetrical stacks, each with 4 flues and cylindrical pots.
Interior: Main reception rooms have moulded plaster cornices, with central
floral rose in drawing room, which also has bold Carrara marble
chimneypiece. Oak open well stair with turned balusters and wreathed
handrail. Heavy baluster newel at base, and simple tread brackets. Stair
well has coffered ceiling at first floor level and an octagonal roof
light. Library refitted late C19-early C20.

Listing NGR: SW8557058352

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Tresillian House, St Newlyn East at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7838783

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)