Arwenack Manor (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Arwennack

In the civil parish of Falmouth.
In the historic county of Cornwall.
Modern Authority of Cornwall.
1974 county of Cornwall.
Medieval County of Cornwall.

OS Map Grid Reference: SW81213232
Latitude 50.15064° Longitude -5.06384°

Arwenack Manor has been described as a probable Fortified Manor House.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

Description

Great house built in 1385 and mostly rebuilt in 1571 by Sir John Killigrew, the first Governor of Pendennis Castle, in 1646 the house was partly destroyed by fire during the siege of Pendennis Castle, though it was rebuilt after the war. The house was extended after 1786, it was neglected during the 1970s and suffered a fire at the manor end, the building was repaired in 1978 and has since been converted into flats and a house. Built of Killas rubble with granite dressings and scantle slate roofs.The building was originally E-shaped in plan with a wing to the far left. (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1270061
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 428617.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 18700.10.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Falmouth
Books
- Pevsner, N., 1977, Buildings of England: Cornwall p. 68
Periodical Articles
- Kenyon, J.R., 1981 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales: a Preliminary Survey and Re-appraisal' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 138 p. 233
  Jeffery, H.M., Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall p. 161-4 (Plan)
Guidebooks
- Toyne D., 1978, Arwenack, an historical guide resulting from study of repair
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Graeme Kirkham, May 2005, Cornwall & Scilly Urban Survey: Falmouth (Cornwall County Council) Download copy

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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