Description

ST CLEER TREMAR
SX 26 NE
11/95 Lark Cottage
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GV II

House. Mid - late C17, with small addition to right of C20, which attaches the house
to an earlier stable. Painted stone rubble. Slurried scantle slate roof with ridge
tiles and gable ends; gable end stack to left with rubble shaft, cornice and shaped
top.
Plan: This is a rare survival, of a C17 one-room plan house; there was originally a
doorway at the left end, to the front of the stack, which was blocked in the C19, and
a central front door inserted. This has again been blocked, and the end doorway re-
instated. The house has an integral stair tower to the rear of the room. C20
addition to right end, rising to same roof level as the rest of the house.
Exterior: 2 storeys, irregular 4-window front, of which the end bay to right is of
C20; first floor has three 2-light casements of 6-pane sash, ground floor has four 2-
light casements of 8-panes each with timber lintels. Central window of the 3 to left
replaces a C19 door. All windows of C20. Attached to right a upper ground floor
level, built into the bank, a single storey rubble outhouse. Left end has external
stack with curved oven with pitched slate cover to left. C20 door with hood to
right. Rear has semi-circular stair tower with roof continuous with the pitch of the
main roof, with single narow light to upper right side. C20 casement at first floor
to left. The C20 addition to end left is stepped back, with porch at ground floor;
rendered.
Interior: The room at ground floor has cross beams with narrow chamfers. Gable end
fireplace has rubble jambs, flat chamfered timber lintel and cloam oven to rear
right. The ground floor room was partitioned in the C19, now removed. Stair tower to
rear, has stone newel stair with replaced slate treads. The first floor room has
been partitioned. The feet of the principal rafters are visible, resting on the wall
tops, and are chamfered.
This is a rare survival; it is not a fragment of a formerly larger house, and is part
of the early settlement of Tremar village, before the C19 expansion with the mining
industry.

Listing NGR: SX2585368181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614487

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)