Trelissick House and Walls Surrounding

Details

SW 83 NW FEOCK TRELISSICK

4/19 Trelissick House and walls 28.2.52 . surrounding

GV II*

Large country house and associated walling. Circa 1750 for John Laurence by the architect Davey (grandfather of Sir Humphrey Davey). Largely remodelled and extended during the 1820's for Thomas Daniell. Further extended later C19. Stucco over stone rubble and brick to south and west fronts. Hipped dry Delabole slate roofs above parapets with stuccoed brick chimneys over partition and side walls. Plan was probably originally a 2-rooms wide double depth house, surviving within and to rear (north) of south portico. Single storey wings added early C19 to left (east) and right (west) of original house, plus left-band side entrance front (west) and front (south) porticos. Wings later heightened and further wing added to north of west front and service wings to rear (later partly demolished). Finally solarium to right (east) of south front rebuilt in present from circa 1930's. 2 storeys plus attic. Symmetrical south front is 3:5:3 bays plus 3-bay solarium to right. Wings flanking portico west front have plinth, wide string, moulded window architraves, moulded cornice with egg and dart enrichment and plain parapet. Windows are sashes with glazing bars to first floor sashes. Giant hexastyle Ionic portico screens recessed 5-window front of original house at lower level. Wide 12-light roof dormer behind portico is circa 1900 alteration for billard room. Small flanking dormers. Solarium has central Ionic doorway. West entrance front is 3:3:2 bays, each group of bays being broken forward from the left. Tetrastyle Doric portico, with fluted columns and triglyphs to frieze, stands before middle group of bays, Windows are horned 12-pane sashes except 2 early C19 windows with crown glass flanking doorway within portico. 4 roof dormers with pediments. Interior has wealth of early and later C19 panelling, oak and mahogany doors, window shutters, plaster ceiling cornices and bands. West entrance hall has panelled walls and plastered ceiling divided into 6 panels with 2 shell roses. Doorway leading from entrance hall to stair hall is flanked by 2 Doric columns. Oak panelled stair hall with lantern over has open-well open-string stair with iron balusters, some with trailing vine and rose decoration. Guilloche moulded bands under stair, and fine plaster ceiling cornices, with that under lantern enriched with egg and dart. Stair hall is probably within walls of rear rooms of original C18 house. Front rooms of original house adjoin but remodelled in early C19 with dado panelling to both rooms. West room has acanthus cornice and trailing harvest ceiling band. Marble fireplace surround may be reused from C18. New library, formerly dining room, to east of original house, has chimney piece and doorcases with enriched pulvinated friezes, cornices with dentils and other detail all in mid-C18 style possibly inspired by original decoration that had survived in the C18 house until then. Drawing room to west of original house has much fine detail including deeply coved cornice and band, mahogany doors with fluted friezes over, and fine marble chimney piece with caryatids. Circa 1880 silk coverings with stylized plant design within panels surrounding room. Library, to north of entrance hall has deeply coved ceiling with double tiers of acanthus leaves, and bead decoration to window shutter panels. Further good detail to first floor rooms. Room over west room of original house and adjoining dressing room have possibly original mid C18 ceiling cornices and therefore retain evidence of the original plan of the house ie. with entrance passage originally under the dressing room. Adjoining granite coped walling surrounding rear service area and low coped walls before front. Much historical and other information kindly supplied by Mr Copeland, present occupier. Trelissick is a complicated house with accretions cunningly absorbed to give the appearance of being original and of one period. Very complete early C19 interiors.

Listing NGR: SW8375539518

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:

63362

Legacy System:

LBS

Sources

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 8 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly,

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.