Description

SX 07 NE ST KEW
6/169 Pengenna
6.6.69
GV II*
House. Circa late C16 or earlier C17. Possibly built for Rev. Thomas Pocock.
Ashlar and stone rubble with granite quoins. Renewed slate roof with hipped end on
left and gable end on right. Front projecting right-hand wing with lean-to roof.
The roof of the main range originally continued to the right and then returned over
the projecting right-hand wing with a gable end to the front. Service range in cross
wing on left with gable ends. Main range with C17 axial granite stack with moulded
cap backing onto lower side of passage; projecting rear lateral hall stack with shaft
removed and C17 granite stack with moulded cap to right, heating chamber above hall
and possibly inner room. This end stack was originally an axial stack when the roof
continued to the right. Lower service range with C19 brick stack in gable end on
front and C17 granite stack with moulded cap to kitchen fireplace in rear gable end.
Plan; Wide cross passage with hall on right heated by rear lateral stack and inner
room beyond with projecting front wing. At lower side of passage possibly parlour
with stair projection to rear; and service range in cross wing at lower end with
large fireplace. Plan partly remodelled with hall converted to dairy and bathroom;
inner room now used as calves house with store above and room at lower side of
passage divided into 2 rooms.
2 storeys and attic. Tall asymmetrical 5-window front with entrance near centre.
Projecting wing on right-hand side with roof and right-hand wall reduced in height.
Cross wing on left-hand side. Main range, left-hand side with 4-pane sash and 4-
light mullion window with 2 mullions removed and 2-light casement inserted. Central
entrance with 4-centred arch with hollow chamfer, carved spandrels, initials T.P.
(Thomas Pocock) in label stops of drip-mould and original door of double construction
with strap hinges. To right, partly blocked, 4-light mullion window with 1 light
containing early leaded glass and 3-light casement beyond. First floor with 2-light
casement, three 3-light mullion windows with casements and some early leaded glass
and 3-light mullion window to right with mullions removed and casements inserted.
Right-hand wing with crocketted finial reset on left-hand corner. Left-hand wing
with C19 16-pane sashes on ground and first floor and side elevation partly rebuilt
with at least 2 straight joints in masonry and three 3-light mullion windows with
casements. Rear elevation with stair projection with blocked stair window and
several blocked windows to attic below eaves. 4-centred granite arch with chamfer
and pyramid stops to service range on right, visible from within outshut extension.
Interior Wide cross passage flanked by thick wall containing fireplace at lower side
and remains of hall screen at higher side. Granite floors throughout. Hall on
right-hand side with oak hall screen reset to form partition to bathroom and larder;
screen circa early C17 with scratch moulded panelled frame reset ovolo-moulded
doorframe with scroll stops to bathroom. Hall fireplace with plaster panel above
with figures in high relief depicting Adam and Eve in Garden of Eden; moulded
plaster cornice with floral trail on front and rear walls; ovolo-moulded doorframe
with blocked entrance to inner room. Room on lower side of passage has fireplace with
C20 chimneypiece backing onto passage. 4 centred granite arch doorway between main
range and service wing with chamfer and inverted pyramid stops on higher side. Large
kitchen fireplace with chamfered granite lintel and jambs with pyramid stops, the
right-hand jamb replaced; cloam oven and possible smoking chamber or fringle to
right. Initials T.P. carved on settle (possible those of Thomas Pocock). Timber
newel stair in projection at rear of parlour. First floor: floor level changes above
hall and cross passage where the chamber and dressing room are divided by the thick
cross wall which continues up from to lower side of the passage. C17 ovolo-moulded
doorframe in wall with similar doorframe with scroll stops at entrance to dressing
room which also has a moulded plaster cornice. The chamber adjoining also has an
ovolo-moulded doorframe with C17 3-panel door, a complete set of ovolo-moulded
ceiling beams with scroll stops and a granite fireplace with chamfer, pyramid stops
and hearth kerb.
Roof timbers said to be replaced in 1970s. Roof structure not inspected.
Former seat of Mohun. Then passed to the Pococks and later the Molesworth family.
Polsue, J Lake's Parochial History of the Count of Cornwall, Vol II.

Listing NGR: SX0503478652

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534824

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