Trerice, St Newlyn East (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of St Newlyn East.
In the historic county of Cornwall.
Modern Authority of Cornwall.
1974 county of Cornwall.
Medieval County of Cornwall.

OS Map Grid Reference: SW84105848
Latitude 50.38653° Longitude -5.03826°

Trerice, St Newlyn East has been described as a probable Pele Tower.

There are no visible remains.

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.

Description

A manor house originating in C15 and altered and extended later. The earliest phase probably dates from before 1471 and comprised a tower house with a low north west block. This house was extended in the early C16 by the addition of a two storey range to the south east of the tower. The main range, added in 1570-3, consists of a open hall with services to the right and an open cloister walk to the rear. Further extensions were built in C17. Part of the house was demolished circa 1860 and rebuilt in 1954. Licences were granted for a chapel on the site in 1410 and 1413. (PastScape)

Large manor house. C15, C16 and 1570-73. St Columb elvan ashlar, with granite dressings. Delabole slate roofs. Plan: Building comprises a main south-east facing range of 'E'-plan abutting a south-west range containing two earlier phases. Phase I, possibly for Sir John Arundell I (d. 1471) now largely hypothetical, comprised a tower house with low north-west block. This was extended early C16, probably by 'Jack of Tilbury' by a 2-storey range to the south-east of the of earlier tower, together now forming the bulky south wing. Sir John IV High Sheriff of Cornwall and father-in-law to Sir Richard Carew, historian, added the main 1570-3 range of 'E'-plan, comprising a central porch to screens passage, hall to left, services to right, now shop, and an open cloister walk at rear with projecting polygonal stair tower access to a long gallery over. Also added is a large 2-storey bow window to the parlour, later library, in the earlier south range. (Listed Building Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1328731
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 428987.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 25053.10.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- National Trust
Books
- Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 47 (slight)
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 77
  Jope, E. (ed), 1961, Studies in Building History (Odhams) p. 206-208 and Pl.XXIII
Periodical Articles
- Cornforth, John, 1992 Oct 29, 'Trerice, Cornwall, a property of the National Trust' Country Life p. 62-5
  Anthony, B., 1973, 'Trerice' Archaeological Journal Vol. 130 p. 245-247
Guidebooks
- Trinick, M., 1954, Trerice Guide Book (National Trust)
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Henderson Mss Ecc Ants I 1923-4 446 (Truro Museum)
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Carew, Richard, 1602, The survey of Cornvvall online copy online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Berry, E., 1997, Trerice: an analysis of its architectural development: a report for the National Trust (National Trust)

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