Description

PADSTOW NEW STREET (west side), Padstow
SW 9075-9175
8/112 No. 4 (St Petrocs) and railings
to front
24.4.53

GV II

Large house, wall and railings to front. Circa early C18, extended in early and mid
C19 and in late C20. Painted ashlar slate stone front with partly slate hung stone
rubble and timber frame gable end and stone rubble to rear. Slate roof with gable
ends. Brick end stacks with slate pots.
Plan: Original plan uncertain. The house probably comprised a central entrance with
wide passage, flanked by 2 principal rooms heated by end stacks. The roof structure
appears to indicate that there may have been a shallow service room in an outshot to
the rear of the left hand room. The C18 stair which may have been reset was probably
accommodated in a stair projection to the rear of the passage and there was probably a
service wing of 1-room plan to the rear of the right hand room, heated by an end
stack. The house possibly continued to the rear with a courtyard arrangement. In
the early C19 the house was partly remodelled; the front range was altered when the
right hand partition to the passage was moved to the right to accommodate a large
reception room or entrance hall; a further room was added to the rear of the left
hand room with dairy and service accommodation beyond and a large reception room or
hand wing was also extended to rear with several service rooms, partly rebuilt and
extended in the late C20. The left hand gable end wall of the front range indicates
that the house also extended to the left.
Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 5 window front with complete early C18
sashes with thick glazing bars. Central early C18 doorcase with raised and fielded
panelled door and C18 porch with 2 painted timber columns. Moulded eaves cornice. 3
full dormers, partly slate hung with 2-light casements and hipped slate roofs.
Interior: Entrance hall remodelled in early C19 with acanthus leaf plaster cornice,
dado rail and segmental arches all insitu. Left hand room has moulded C18 cornice
and china cupboards, raised and fielded panels to C18 shutters and C19 chimney-piece
with late C19 tiled grate. The right hand room was reduced in size in the early C19
and part of the truncated C18 plaster cornice survives on the front wall. C18 stair
probably reset as framed stair with thick stick balusters, simple moulded deep rail
and square newels. First floor with one C18 chimney-piece surviving. C19 barrel
vaulted ceiling to large reception room or ball room to rear left; plaster cornice
decorated with acanthus leaves and late C19 chimney-piece.
Roof Structure: Front range with principals morticed at the apices. There is no
sign of peg holes or halving for the original collars. Some carpenters marks.
To front C19 iron railings.
House possibly built in 1810 for a Padstow merchant. From 1775 owned by William
Rawlings, an importer and exporter and after by his son Thomas, a prominent merchant
who owned a ship repair yard and also Padstow Bank. Thomas was also Vice Consol for
Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands and later sheriff of Cornwall.
Rawe, D and Ingrey, J Padstow and District, 1984

Listing NGR: SW9188975336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506993

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