Description

SW 72 SW MAWGAN-IN-MENEAGE MAWGAN

4/160 Glastan House

GV II

Vicarage, now private house. 1805, remodelled slightly circa 1900. Shale rubble
walls with dressed granite quoins, sills, jambstones, voussoirs, lintels, bonding
stones and moulded eaves cornice of former parapets, front and rear. Fairly steep
dry Delabole slate roof with axial brick chimneys over the 2 cross walls.
Double depth plan with originally 3 reception rooms to garden front (south east),
small study and entrance hall behind right hand room, large stair hall right of
middle behind central principal wider reception room and 2 service rooms flanking
service stair which is central to the rear left hand side of the house.
Two storeys over basement plus attic. Originally symmetrical 4-window south-east
front with central 2 windows closer grouped. Round-headed openings to left and right
of basement and to central roof dormer with open pediment coping surviving from
former parapet. Basement openings all with circa 1900 French windows; canted bay
window with plate glass sashes to 1st floor right. The other ground and 1st floor
openings, all with flat arches, have their original 16-pane hornless sashes with much
crown glass. Rear entrance elevation is unaltered, with 3 first floor windows and 2
round-headed mid-floor windows between. The wider and taller principal stair window
is left of middle and the service stair window is the central feature of a
symmetrical grouping at the right hand side with flanking ground and 1st floor
windows. All the windows are original hornless sashes with glazing bars and much
crown glass. The doorway is towards the left; original 4 panel door and overlight
and distyle porch with square-on-plan columns.
Interior partly inspected: Original principal open-well, open-string stair with stick
balusters and mahogany handrail over turned newel: 6 panel doors; moulded plaster
ceiling cornice and band to right hand room and an eared C18 chimney-piece, resited
(from Wales).
An unusual house, both in its plan and elevations, purpose built as a vicarage and
with symmetry as a secondary consideration. Some remodelling circa 1900 but still
fairly complete.

Listing NGR: SW7099424948

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541185

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