Bokelly

Details

SX 07 NW ST KEW
5/157 Bokelly
6.6.69
GV II
House. Possibly C17 on earlier site. Remodelled in mid C19. Probably built for the
Carnsew family. Stone rubble. Renewed scantle slate roof with hipped end on right
and cross wing on left with hipped ends. Lower wing on front right with hipped end.
Brick axial chimney stack in cross wing on right and projecting end stack with brick
shaft on right-hand hipped end. Further brick stack and cloam oven projection to C19
kitchen in lean-to outshut to rear on right.
Plan: C17 house probably comprised cross passage with hall and inner room to right
and service range in cross wing on left-hand side. The hall was probably heated by a
rear lateral stack which has now been removed although the projecting chimney breast
appears to survive on the ground floor, now a rear entrance. The inner room was
heated by an end stack and the service range probably had a large lateral or end
stack which has been removed and replaced with an axial stack serving 2 back-to-back
fireplaces between the 2 rooms. The circa C19 framed stair in the wide cross passage
may replace an earlier stair. The partition between the hall and inner room has been
moved to enlarge the inner room, possibly when the hall stack was removed, thereby
forming a small central unheated room. A kitchen range was added to the rear of the
higher end (right) in circa C19 together with a projecting wing on front right.
2 storeys with low basement. Asymmetrical overall 1:3:1 window front with cross wing
on left and slightly lower wing on right. Cross wing with 12-pane hornless sash on
ground floor and 12-pane later C19 sash above. Main range to right with entrance in
angle with cross wing; circa late C19/C20 lean-to brick porch with C19 4-pane door
within. To right, 12-pane hornless sash, C19 12-pane hornless sash, C19 12-pane sash
and wide 16-pane sashes and later C19 20-pane sash to right. Lower projecting wing
on right with brick segmental arches to openings and C19 sashes. Lean-to extension
containing porch on front of projecting wing with circa C15 reset cusped arch to
window opening with small segmental arched greenstone window below. Left-hand side
elevation of cross wing with evidence of part rebuilding, projecting early buttress
with masonry tumbled in and granite string above ground floor.
Interior Wide passage with framed stair with circa C19 treds and balustrade above
ground floor. Cross wing with 2 small back-to-back fireplaces one with unmoulded
granite lintel. Central unheated room with flag floor and enlarged inner room with
large C19 fireplace and deep cupboards adjoining with raised and fielded panels.
High plastered ceilings to ground floor. First floor with several C18 raised and
fielded panelled doors and late C18 cast iron hob grate. Roof structure replaced in
circa late C18 with principals halved, lapped and pegged at apices and collars lapped
and pegged onto face of principals.
There are several pieces of dressed stone possibly from earlier house in grounds
surrounding Bokelly. These include a 3-light Catacleuse stone window with pointed
heads and chamfer reset in small outbuilding 6 metres north east of the house. The
window is probably Medieval and was possibly the rear hall window. Also in garden
wall 30 metres to south of the house are 2 moulded granite jambs (double roll and
fillet) with later granite unmoulded lintel, forming entrance which is no longer
used.
Bokelly was the ancient seat of the Bokelly family; John de Bokelly was MP for
Helston in 1343 and Nicholas Bokelly MP for Bodmin in 1448. Later residence of
Carnsew family. Surviving fragments of William Carnsew's diary for 1576-77 provide
not only an exceptionally interesting and rare insight into the life of the J.P. and
his mining ventures but also makes some references to Bokelly. Further documentary
material comprises letters from William Carnsew to his brother Richard and brother-
in-law John Arundell. In a letter dated 17 March 1615, William Carsnew writes that
his wife Ann, daughter of John Arundell of Trerise, was rebuilding the Carnsew house
of Bokelly.
Maclean, J Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the
County of Cornwall, 1879, vol II
Rowse, A.L. Tudor Cornwall new edition, 1969


Listing NGR: SX0404777022

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Sources

Books and journals
Rowse, A L, Tudor Cornwall, (1969)
Maclean, J, Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall, (1879)

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