For important guidance on the use of this record, please click
here.
If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.
HER Number: | 6675.10 |
---|
Name: | BOCONNOC - Post Medieval country house |
---|
Summary
Boconnoc house is a C18 building on the site of an important medieval house.
Protected Status
- Listed Building (II*) 60504: BOCONNOC HOUSE
Other References/Statuses
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 6675.10
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX16SW 43
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Boconnoc house is today a C18 building on the site of an important medieval house (b1). William of Worcester described Boconnoc as a turreted old mansion which, according to an author in the Western Antiquary (b2), was incorporated into the C18 house. However, Pevsner says that "of the medieval house a few windows and doorways are inserted into the garden walls and outbuildings" (b3). One wing was built shortly after 1719 by Thomas Pitt and the other by Lord Camelford. There are graceful Venetian windows in the east wing, and further alterations were made in 1883.
Dendrochronological analysis undertaken on samples from the roof structure of the main range and two reused trusses in the south-east wing, and from a timber associated with the original pediment at this building has resulted in the dating of two site sequences. The first contains 13 samples and spans the period AD 1302-1503 and the second contains two samples and spans the period AD 1410-76. The heartwood/sapwood boundary ring is present on eight of the timbers of the main roof, demonstrating that seven of these were felled in AD 1492- 1517, with an eighth having a slightly later felling date of AD 1518-43. The remaining dated samples, including two from the reused trusses, have last measured ring dates which make it possible they were also felled in AD 1492-1517 or AD 1518-43. Prior to tree-ring analysis being undertaken, these roof trusses were believed to date to the sixteenth century, with indications that some of them were slightly later replacements. The stylistic dating has been supported by the dendrochronological investigation, which has also established the survival of some original common rafters. However, it has not provided conclusive evidence that some of the trusses are later than others and represent replacements (b4).
<1> Henderson, C, 1925, The Cornish Church Guide, 58-59 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3512.
<2> Wright, W H K, 1881-1892, Untitled Source, VOL 10, 5, 56 (Article in Journal). SCO5365.
<3> Pevsner, N, 1951, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 40 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4126.
<4> Arnold, A & Howard, R, 2007, Boconnoc House, Boconnoc Park, Cornwall - Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers (Report 77/2007) (Report). SCO149.
<5> Drewitt, G.B., 1969, Boconnoc House (Report). SCO30660.
Sources / Further Reading
[1] | SCO3512 - Bibliographic reference: Henderson, C. 1925. The Cornish Church Guide. 58-59. |
[2] | SCO5365 - Article in Journal: Wright, W H K. 1881-1892. The Western Antiquary. VOL 10, 5, 56. |
[3] | SCO4126 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1951. The Buildings of England: Cornwall. 40. |
[4] | SCO149 - Report: Arnold, A & Howard, R. 2007. Boconnoc House, Boconnoc Park, Cornwall - Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers (Report 77/2007). |
[5] | SCO30660 - Report: Drewitt, G.B.. 1969. Boconnoc House. Messrs. Cowell, Drewitt & Wheatly, Chartered Architects. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO2618 - Boconnoc House, Boconnoc Park
Related records
6675 | Part of: BOCONNOC - Early Medieval settlement, Medieval settlement (Monument) |
Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.