Description

LEWANNICK
SX 28 SE
2/52 Pen-Inney Cottage
GV II
House. Possibly C15, floored in the early C17 and extended in the early C18. Painted
stone rubble. Rag slate roof with gable ends. Stone rubble front lateral hall stack,
axial stack to left of centre, stone rubble end stack on left and brick shaft to
stone rubble end stack on right.
Plan: Original plan uncertain. The house was divided into two cottages and a
laundry in the C19 reverting back to a house in the C20. Possibly originally of 3
room and cross passage plan with lower end on right, heated by end stack, hall heated
by front lateral stack and very narrow inner room to left heated by end stack. The
roof structure was not accessible but appears to have been raised. The hall, at
least, was probably open to the roof although it is uncertain whether it was
originally heated by an open hearth. The chamber above the inner room was jettied
into the hall and approached by a newel stair to the rear of the hall. Again, it is
uncertain whether the inner room was open to the roof or whether the house was built
with the jettied arrangement. The hall was probably floored in the early C17,
contemporary with the addition of the hall bay which is directly below (to right) of
the front lateral hall stack. The lower end and passage has been altered but was
still open to the roof in the early C20. The thick cross wall on the higher side of
the putative passage is probably an insertion of the circa later C17 and only
continues up to collar level.
In the circa early C18 the house was extended on the higher (left hand side) of the
inner room with a fourth room, heated by an end stack. In the later C18 or C19 the
house was divided, the early C18 extension becoming a cottage of one-room plan,
heated by end stack with entrance on right; the inner room and hall became a second
cottage, the inner room becoming a cross passage. The lower end and putative passage
became a laundry in the C19. There is a C19 outshut extension, incorporating an
entrance porch across the front of the house.
When the house reverted back to single occupancy the entrance directly into the inner
room was retained as the principal entrance, flanked by the hall on right and kitchen
on left. The lower end and putative passage has become a workshop.
Exterior: Two storeys. Asymmetrical 2 window front with single storey C19 outshut
across front which forms an entrance porch and contains a blocked entrance to left,
originally used when the left hand room was a separate cottage. There is a C20
window inserted in this entrance. To right is the front lateral hall stack which has
a projection directly to front, of uncertain purpose. Adjoining this a 12-pane sash
in the hall bay. There is an outshut across the front of the putative passage and
right hand room, with a blocked entrance in the left hand side. On first floor two
C19 casements.
Interior: Putative cross passage and lower end not inspected. The hall fireplace
has unmoulded granite jambs and a roughly chamfered granite lintel. Cloam oven.
There is a thick cross wall between the hall and inner room which continues up to
first floor level and the floor joists spanning across the narrow inner room continue
to support the jetty. The floor joists above the hall are circa early C17, chamfered
with run-out stops, the lintel above the hall bay with ogee stops and the beam
closest to the lower end of the hall also with ogee stops. Timber newel stair to rear
of hall. The circa early C18 extension on far left has slighter chamfered beams,
some with runout stops.
The roof structure was not accessible at time of inspection.

Listing NGR: SX2751480774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541444

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