Description

SW 97 NE ST ENDELLION
4/2 Higher Trefreock and garden walls
- to front
GV II
House and cottage, now one house and garden walls to front. Circa 1840s extended in
circa 1870s. Ashlar stone with dressed stone segmental arches to openings and large
dressed quoins. Slate roof with hipped ends and brick end stacks. Rear wing
projecting on right with hipped roof and further 2-storey range on right, originally
separate cottage with slate roof with gable end.
Double depth plan with central stair hall with 2 reception rooms on left of hall, one
room on right with passage to rear and service wing to rear in rear projecting wing
which forms an overall 'L' shaped plan. Further extension set back on right with 1-
room cottage now incorporated into main house.
2 storeys and basement. Symmetrical 3-window range with original C19 hornless 16-
pane sashes. Ground floor with 2 sashes flanking C19 4-panel door with semi-circular
fanlight with intersecting glazing bars and dressed stone round arch. 3 sashes
above. 2-window range on right-hand side, comprising cottage, set back with entrance
on right-hand side, 20-pane sash on ground floor and two 20-pane sashes above.
Interior Main range with interior largely complete. Reception rooms on left-hand
side with plaster cornices decorated with scroll patterns, balls and acanthus leaves
and grapes, vine leaves and egg and dart motifs. Chimney-pieces replaced in 1970s.
Room on right with C19 Delabole slate chimney-piece. Service rooms to rear with
larder door intact. Original open-well stair with open-string, square balusters and
ramped and wreathed rails.
Stone rubble garden wall to front.
Near site of the earlier manor house of Higher Trefreock of which there appears to be
few remains. This building was illustrated in The History of Port Isaac and Port
Quin Dr Frederick Trevan, 1833-34.

Listing NGR: SW9926079900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606567

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)