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HER Number:30100.10
Name:TRENETHICK - Medieval/ post medieval house

Summary

Trenethick house is mainly C16 with C18 alterations to the sides.

Grid Reference:SW 6683 2910
Parish:Wendron, Kerrier, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (I) 66347: TRENETHICK BARTON FARMHOUSE INCLUDING REAR COURTYARD AND WALLS AND GATEWAY

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW62NE 1
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30100.10
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW62NE 3

Monument Type(s):

  • HOUSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Trenethick house is mentioned by Henderson (b1) and is recorded on the OS map of 1963 (b3). The building is mainly C16 with C18 alterations to the sides. The façade is of ashlar granite, of two storeys, and has eight windows with granite mullions and lable moulds. It has three gables, irregularly spaced and of unequal size. Around the house is a very high wall enclosing a forecourt and a two-storey gatehouse with Tudor arched doorway (b5). The OS in 1971 record Trenethick as externally an outstanding C16 house (h1). It is a Grade I Listed building (b4) and is named on the OS map of 1978 (b6).

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Site history:
1: 1971. FLETCHER, MJ / OS
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<1> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL I, 181 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1925, HELSTON OLD CORNWALL PILGRIMAGE 4/6/1925 (Unedited Source). SCO7113.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<4> DOE, Listed Building Description (original DOE), 34 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5173.

<5> Hunt, MF, 1978, Wendron Draft Checklist (Unpublished document). SCO3613.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914. Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities. MS At RIC. VOL I, 181.
[2]SCO7113 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1925. HELSTON OLD CORNWALL PILGRIMAGE 4/6/1925.
[3]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[4]SCO5173 - Bibliographic reference: DOE. Listed Building Description (original DOE). Listing "Greenbacks". 34.
[5]SCO3613 - Unpublished document: Hunt, MF. 1978. Wendron Draft Checklist. Cornish Archaeology.
[6]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

MCO56021Parent of: TRENETHICK - C16 gatehouse (Building)
30100Part of: TRENETHICK - Medieval settlement (Monument)