More information : (SW 84716223) Rialton Remains of a (NAT) Mansion (NR) (1)
Rialton, Rieltone of Domesday, was the chief manor or grange of Bodmin Priory until the reformation.
There were once buildings arranged around two courts, one having completely disappeared, the inner court remaining with the range which contained the chapel, refectory and Prior's room. This building, see plan, is the original house and its foundations must date from the Middle Ages, then being a typical Medieval house with great hall and kitchen separated by a passage. It was altered in the 15th century and about 1510 Prior Vivian made Rialton his country seat, adding the porch with its tower. The front is 17th century.
Stonework from the demolished buildings was used in the construction of Rialton Barton (SW 849619)
(For holy well in courtyard see SW 86 SW 18). (2-5)
The Manor House is 15th century in origin; altered in the 16th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The building is the remains of a much larger house which originally had a front courtyard. A 19th century engraving shows an inner courtyard with a wing extending to front left and right. (6) |