Description

SX 26 SE MENHENIOT

11/68 Cartuther Barton and courtyard
buildings to north east
21.8.64
GV II*

House and outbuildings. House late C17, incorporating some earlier features. Partly
remodelled in late C18. Built for John Cole. Rubble slatestone. Slate roof with
gabled ends. Projecting rear lateral stack incorporated in later outshut and 2 brick
stacks on rear north east slope. Single depth plan extended with outshuts to rear.
3 rooms wide with 2 wide cross passages between and 2 staircases in rear projecting
wings. 2 storeys, regular 5 window front.
Ground floor partly remodelled in late C18 with 4 late C18 15/10 pane sashes without
horns. Crown glass. Cut stone segmental arches. First window in wider opening,
partly blocked. Third window in blocked entrance. Door between first and second
window 6-panelled with fanlight above. Moulded timber hood with flat roof supported
on moulded brackets. Rubblestone wall flanking doorway partly rebuilt. Above five
12-pane sashes all without horns and with exposed sash boxes. Heavy early C18
glazing bars with exception of second window. Timber lintels, replaced above second
window. Dentilled cornice.
Interior; Room on left with late C17 bolection moulded panels and chair rail. Early
C18 cyma reversa moulded cornice. C20 fireplace. Niche circa 1750s on north corner
with round arched opening and moulded key, panelled pilasters and 4 shaped shelves
with shell motif above. Room on far right with circa early C16 large granite
fireplace with 4-centred arch, roll moulding and hollow chamfer. Unusual stops of
jambs similar to those of inner door at Tencreek. (q.v. Tencreek Farmhouse Menheniot
Parish). Circa late C17 staircase in rear projecting wing on north. Closed string
with square newels. Turned balusters and heavy, wide moulded rail ramped at corners.
Half-newel and rail in relief on opposite wall, repeated as dado balustrade. Bedroom
on left with late C17 fielded panels and bolection mouldings. Chair rails and late
C17 cornice comprising cyma corona ovolo, cavetto and ovolo. Late C17 chimney piece.
Simple bolection moulded chimney piece with possibly original oil-on-wood painting.
Rustic scene. Delft tile splays to fireplace. In powder room above ground floor
entrance, complete late C17 bolection moulded panels with restored painted panels of
formal garden perspectives with tree-lined avenues. Oil-on-timber. Painted
surrounds possibly later. Other bedrooms with late C17 fielded panels and bolection
mouldings. Late C17 cornices and early C18 cyma-reversa cornices. Doorcases and
double bolection moulded doors intact throughout. Roof timbers; 13 bays with heavy
principals cranked at feet and resting on wall plate. Chamfered below collars with
run-out stops. Halved and pegged collars and trenched purlins. Diagonally set
ridge.
To rear, courtyard buildings including single storied store, bakehouse and piggery.
Erected 1844 by Samuel Kekewich (datestone STK ),
Rubblestone with slate and galvanised roofs with gabled ends. Central 2 storey
bakehouse with 8 rows of dove holes in gable ends.
Interior with segmental granite arch to fireplace with hollow chamfer. Bake oven on
left-hand side. North-east side of courtyard with reset granite arch in rubblestone
wall. Pointed arch with hollow chamfers and pyramid stops. Hood above with diamond-
shaped labels stop.
Domesday Manor. In c1400 manor was carried by the heiress of the Eling family (who
took the name Cartuther) to the estate of the Becketts. Temp. Queen Elizabeth I,
seat of Robert Beckett. Mentioned by Richard Symonds in his diary of the Marches of
the Royal Army during the Great Civil War when (entry for Friday August 2, 1644) it
was described as a large old house. In circa mid C17 passed to the Cole family.
John Cole, according to C S Gilbert, was responsible for erecting the plain
unornamented mansion and for destroying the old house and its chapel. Gilbert also
describes the house as being 'easily distinguished through an avenue of stately
trees.' (q.v. painted powder room). 1686 William Morshead married sister of J Cole
and the property then passed to their son William. Several glass bottles have since
been found by the present owner including one with
1762 W marked on side.
Morshead
Cartuther
In 1809 the manor was purchased by Samuel Kekewich.
CS Gilbert History of Cornwall 1820
Richard Symonds Extract from Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army during the Great
Civil War, Friday, August 2 , 1 6 4 4 (from owner) )
,J Polsue Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall 1867-73 rp 1974.

Listing NGR: SX2906763779

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535675

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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