Description

WITHIEL WITHIEL
SW 96 NE
3/154 Withiel House and outbuildings
6.6.69 attached to rear (formerly listed
as Withiel House)

GV II

Rectory, now house. Circa 1815, incorporating some earlier materials, and with later
alterations and additions, some C20 alterations. Granite ashlar front and sides;
slatestone rubble. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves and crested ridge tiles. Axial
stacks with ashlar shafts and cornices. Partly slate-hung at the rear.
Plan: Double depth plan, with central entrance hall and principal room to front left
and right. Stair hall to rear centre, and principal room to rear right; to rear left
is the service wing of 3-room plan, which is returned to rear to enclose a rear yard
for stabling and further services.
Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front, on plinth, with band course and
rusticated quoins. First floor has 12-pane sashes with cambered arches and
keystones, external shutters. Ground floor has C20 window in original opening to
right and left, with external shutters. Central painted Doric portico with cornice
and inner round-arched doorway with recessed arch, half-glazed double doors with
fanlight. Right side has three 20-pane sashes at ground floor and first floor, all
with cambered stone arches and keystones. The left side has 3 C20 windows at ground
floor and three 12-pane sashes at first floor in similar surrounds. Rear wing to
left, of 2 storeys, with 3 lateral ashlar stacks. The right a 12-pane sash lighting
the service stair. Ground floor has 4-pane sash, three 12-pane sashes with cambered
arches and keystones; first floor has 4-pane sash and 12-pane sash. The rear of the
wing is slate-hung with a hipped roof, 12-pane sash at ground and first floor. The
return wing is attached to left, also slate-hung with 12-pane sash at ground and
first floor. To the left, there is a 28-pane sash at ground floor and a lean-to at
the end. Facing the service yard, to right there are C20 garage doors with a 16-pane
sash above. Enclosing the service yard is a sandstone rubble wall with doorway with
brick segmental arch. Inside the service yard, the rear of the main house has a
round-arched 15-pane sash lighting the stair with splayed glazing bars; to left an
inset stone shield of arms with hand and lion. Steps leading down to a cellar door.
The inner side of the service wing is rendered and lined out, with random
fenestration. Attached to the right side of the house is a screen wall, in rubble,
with lean-to's attached to the rear; this extends about 25 metres, and is taller at
the front, about 4 metres high, about 2 metres high at the rear.
Interior: The entrance hall has round-arched niches; stone paved floor. The rear
stair hall also has a stone paved floor, with open-well stair set on a curve, with
stick balusters and wreathed handrail. The rooms to front and rear left are now one
room; the rear room retains a marble chimneypiece of circa 1815. The room to front
right has C19 marble chimneypiece and plain cornice. All 6-panelled doors at ground
floor.

Listing NGR: SW9936465296

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598036

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair