Description

ST TEATH
SX 08 SE
4/151 Trebellan and ruins to north and
- west
II

House and picturesque ruins. Circa C18 considerably extended and remodelled in circa
1840s. Stone rubble. Steeply pitched slate roofs, originally thatched. Gables
to front left and right and gable ends to rear wings. Stone rubble axial stacks with
brick shafts and moulded terracotta pots.
Plan: South front range, originally with central entrance and rooms to right and left
heated by back-to-back fireplaces served by axial stacks. Possibly earlier wing to
rear left, of 2 room single depth plan, probably becoming kitchen range in circa mid
C19. Reception rooms in wing to rear right heated by axial stacks, overlooking
garden. Outshot added across rear of right hand wing in circa early C20 to
accommodate corridor.
Picturesque style.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front with gables to front right and left
and central range with 2 gabled half dormers. PVC double doors on ground floor and
early C19 glazed door with margin glazing bars in first floor of gable to right.
East garden front of 1 storey and attic with symmetrical 4-window elevation. C20
extension to front left and 3 double C20 PVC doors on ground floor. 2 gabled full
dormers with C19 sashes above. Circa C15 one-light window originally made from one
piece of stone reused in circa mid C20 porch to rear of right hand wing.
Interior: part remodelled with C19 doors and intersecting floor joists surviving.
Picturesque ruins of circa 1840s surround house with 2-centred arched openings.
Early photographs of house in possession of owner illustrate a picturesque design
with steeply pitched thatched roofs.

Listing NGR: SX0688680662

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26436395

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)