Description

ST NEWLYN EAST TREWERRY SW 85 NW

1/16 30.5.1967 Trewerry Mill

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Mill, 1690 for Arundell family, and mill house, rebuilt early C19. Killas stone, ashlar to mill, with delabole slate roof replacing thatch. Plan: Mill rectangular, occupying higher north end, with artificial leat from River Gannel against north side. Link block of 1 bay, to 2-bay dwelling house on south, extended by lean-to on east gable. Two storeys, house originally with living room and kitchen, the kitchen resited in added lean-to. C20 sheet glass windows. Entrance into link block, a reset 4-centred stone chamfered doorcase with trangular spandrels holding balls, cut with later inscription reading APRIL 10TH 1820 FERREL. Timber battened door. Paned timber windows, those to upper floor gabled above eaves line. Mill structure now living room. Gable entrance over 6 external steps. Four-centred moulded doorcase with leaf-cut spandrels and diabolo chamfer stops. Inscription below string course, reading 1639 IA MA. (John Arundell). To left a 3-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned window under a raised section of string course, and smaller vent to left. Roof hipped. On outer face of wall, a refixed overshot cast iron wheel, 16ft diameter, inscribed Jabez Buckingham, North Hill (now Northill). Timber buckets replaced by blades. Interior: In mill, four bearing slots exposed. in former pit wall, now living room. House has stone fireplace with C20 granite lintel in former kitchen. The mill worked to about 1948, and was altered to a dwelling in 1960's. (Chesher, V.M. & F.J. 'The Cornishman's House' 1978) (Watermills in Cornwall, 1600 to 1922 )

Listing NGR: SW8376158036

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)