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Summary

An extant Post Medieval country house, dating to the late C16. Grade I.

Protected Status

• Listed Building (I) 63996: TRERICE

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SW 85 NW 3
• National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 428987
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW85NW 3
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 25053.30
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW85NW 11

Monument Type(s):

• CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• COUNTRY HOUSE (16th Century to Cold War - 1570 AD to 1954 AD) + Sci.Date

Full description

A Post Medieval country house, constructed under the ownership of the Arundell family and probably completed in 1573, although with substantial later alterations. A survey of 1650 indicates that the house contained an internal chapel by the C17 (8). In World War Two the house was used as the headquarters of the ‘Choughs’, the C company of the Duke of Cornwall’s light infantry home guard (see related record). It is depicted by the 1840 Tithe map (1), and the c. 1880 1st and c. 1905 2nd ed OS maps (2, 3). In all three maps its footprint appears in its present form.

The building was originally E-shaped in plan, with a central porch flanked by north and south ranges, although the northern range has since been demolished. In addition, the south range has been refaced and extended, and the north end of the east range was largely rebuilt in the mid-C20, having been largely demolished in c. 1860 (5, 9).

Eric Berry (4) undertook an architectural survey of the house in 1997 in order to identify surviving medieval fabric. In contrast to the conventional belief that the south range of Trerice contains the remains of the earlier medieval house, the range was argued to be part of the 1570 design. The external corner of an earlier building was identified in the external elevation at the north end of the house.

In 2004 (5) CAU was commissioned to undertake an assessment of Trerice and its wider environs; the report contains a detailed history of the site as well as an inventory of sites, discussing the individual elements of the building in detail.

In 2007 (6, 7) a detailed building survey and dendrochronological dating of original roof timbers undertaken from the three oldest rooves. The dendrochronological evidence dates the felling of timbers used to AD1559-1587 and suggests that the different rooves were made from trees from the same local source.

<1> Tithe Award, 1840s, Newlyn East (Bibliographic reference). SCO4828.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 6 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4049.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 6 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4051.

<4> Berry, E, 1997, Trerice: An assessment of its architectural development (Report). SCO28523.

<5> Parkes, C, 2005, Trerice, Newlyn East, Cornwall - Archaeological Assessment (Report). SCO1731.

<6> Berry, E & Sturgess, J, 2012, Trerice House and Barn, Newlyn East, Cornwall - Historic Building Analysis (Report). SCO25018.

<7> Hurford, M & Arnold, A & Howard, R & Tyers, C, 2009, Trerice, Kestle Mill, Cornwall: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers (Report). SCO20808.

<8> Adams, JH, The story of St Newlyn East (Unpublished document). SCO6603.

<9> National Trust, 1954, Trerice Guidebook (Bibliographic reference). SCO7561.

<10> Val Baker, M, 2005, Gas pipeline works at Trerice, Cornwall. Archaeological watching brief (Report). SCO4985.

<11> Cathcart King, DJ, 1983, Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands., 77 (Bibliographic reference). SCO29959.

<12> The east front and garden at Trerice Manor (National Monument Record Archive). SCO31903.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO3557 - Trerice, Kestle Mill: Historic Building Survey, 2007 (Ref: 2012R007)
• ECO5115 - Trerice, Newlyn East: Architectural Assessment, 1997
• ECO2875 - Trerice, St Newlyn East: Dendochronological dating, 2009 (Ref: 38-2009)
• ECO1486 - Trerice, Newlyn East: Archaeological Assessment, 2004 (Ref: 2005R042)
• ECO2056 - Trerice, Newlyn East: Managemt Survey, 1987

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