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Latitude: 50.2237 / 50°13'25"N
Longitude: -4.9154 / 4°54'55"W
OS Eastings: 192139
OS Northings: 40036
OS Grid: SW921400
Mapcode National: GBR ZP.Y23F
Mapcode Global: FRA 08LF.NVH
Plus Code: 9C2Q63FM+FR
Entry Name: The Left Round House and Adjoining Wall to West Side
Listing Date: 30 May 1967
Last Amended: 27 November 1985
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1291361
English Heritage Legacy ID: 393651
ID on this website: 101291361
Location: Veryan Green, Cornwall, TR2
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Veryan
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Veryan
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Architectural structure Thatched cottage
SW 94 SW VERYAN VERYAN GREEN
5/158 The Left Round House
30-5-67 and adjoining wall to west side
(formerly listed as The Round House
Farm)
GV II*
Cottage building and wall. Circa 1820 and later. Built by Hugh Rowe, a Lostwithiel
builder, for the Reverend Jeremiah Trist. Painted render over slatestone and cob
with conical wheatreed thatched roof and lateral stack with brick top stage to
east. Dry slate roof to wing with brick stack over gable end. Circular room plan
plus one room wing, probably later. 2 storeys. Arched entrance doorway to north
with original Gothick tympanum. C20 door. Thatched ogee shaped hood. Wing to
north and adjoining to left of door has ordered arched doorway, now window, with
window over to west front. Road front and west front has ground and first floor
arch headed window openings with ornamental stone studded borders. Window opening
to north west is C20. All 2-light C20 casements. Turned wooden cross finial over
apex of roof. Interior not inspected. Simple outbuilding with scantle slate roof,
window and door openings. Serpentine shaped wall to roadside. One of 5 round
houses in Veryan all by Hugh Rowe for the Reverend Jeremiah Trist, reputed to be
one for each of his 5 daughters. Round plan said to be to deter the activities
of the Devil but more likely reason is economy.
Listing NGR: SW9213940036
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