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HER Number:26827
Name:FOWEY - Medieval/ Post Medieval country house

Summary

Place is the Treffry family seat in Fowey. The first house on this site was built c1260 by the stewards of the priory of Tywardreath.

Grid Reference:SX 1251 5176
Parish:Fowey, Restormel, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (I) 70709: PLACE HOUSE
  • Conservation Area: FOWEY

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 26827
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX15SW 113

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Place is the Treffry family seat in Fowey. The first house on this site was built c1260 by the stewards of the priory of Tywardreath (b7). After a raid by the French in 1450, the house was fortified by the Treffry family, who rebuilt the house between 1460 and 1480 (b3). Leland says "Trevry [sic] buildid a right fair and strange embatelid tower in his house and embateling all the waulles of the house made it a castelle and unto this day it is the glory of the town building in Fawye" (b4). The present structure is mostly a later restoration in the 1830s by JT Treffry (b7), but the medieval core survives.


<1> Wright, W H K, 1881-1892, Untitled Source, VOL X, 5, 57 (Article in Journal). SCO5365.

<2> Henderson, C, 1925, The Cornish Church Guide, 97 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3512.

<3> Pounds, N, 1937, The Medieval Castle in Cornwall, NO 104, 31 (Article in Serial). SCO4152.

<4> Leland, 1967, Early Tours in Devon and Cornwall, 41-43 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3860.

<5> Pevsner, N, 1951, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 70-71 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4126.

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

<7> Sheppard, PA, 1980, The Historic Towns of Cornwall, 35 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4422.

<8> Parkes, C, 2000, Fowey Estuary Historic Audit (Bibliographic reference). SCO4074.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO5365 - Article in Journal: Wright, W H K. 1881-1892. The Western Antiquary. VOL X, 5, 57.
[2]SCO3512 - Bibliographic reference: Henderson, C. 1925. The Cornish Church Guide. 97.
[3]SCO4152 - Article in Serial: Pounds, N. 1937. The Medieval Castle in Cornwall. Annual report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. 104. NO 104, 31.
[4]SCO3860 - Bibliographic reference: Leland. 1967. Early Tours in Devon and Cornwall. 41-43.
[5]SCO4126 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1951. The Buildings of England: Cornwall. 70-71.
[6]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[7]SCO4422 - Cornwall Event Report: Sheppard, PA. 1980. The Historic Towns of Cornwall. 35.
[8]SCO4074 - Bibliographic reference: Parkes, C. 2000. Fowey Estuary Historic Audit.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

MCO56947Parent of: FOWEY - Medieval/Post medieval walls (Monument)
MCO56948Related to: FOWEY - Post medieval garden, Post medieval park (Landscape)

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