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ST NEWLYN EAST TREWERRY
SW 85 NW 1/16
30.5.1967
Trewerry Mill ---- II Mill, 1690 for Arundell family, and mill house, rebuilt early C19. Killas
stone, ashlar to mill, with delabole slate roof replacing thatch.
Plan: Mill rectangular, occupying higher north end, with artificial leat
from River Gannel against north side. Link block of 1 bay, to 2-bay
dwelling house on south, extended by lean-to on east gable.
Two storeys, house originally with living room and kitchen, the kitchen
resited in added lean-to. C20 sheet glass windows. Entrance into link
block, a reset 4-centred stone chamfered doorcase with trangular spandrels
holding balls, cut with later inscription reading APRIL 10TH 1820
FERREL. Timber battened door. Paned timber windows, those to upper floor
gabled above eaves line. Mill structure now living room. Gable entrance
over 6 external steps. Four-centred moulded doorcase with leaf-cut
spandrels and diabolo chamfer stops. Inscription below string course,
reading 1639 IA MA. (John Arundell). To left a 3-light hollow-chamfered
stone-mullioned window under a raised section of string course, and
smaller vent to left. Roof hipped. On outer face of wall, a refixed
overshot cast iron wheel, 16ft diameter, inscribed Jabez Buckingham, North
Hill (now Northill). Timber buckets replaced by blades.
Interior: In mill, four bearing slots exposed. in former pit wall, now
living room. House has stone fireplace with C20 granite lintel in former
kitchen. The mill worked to about 1948, and was altered to a dwelling in
1960's.
(Chesher, V.M. & F.J. 'The Cornishman's House' 1978)
(Watermills in Cornwall, 1600 to 1922 )
Listing NGR: SW8376158036
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
64000
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Sources
Books and journals Watermills in Cornwall 1600 to 1922 Chesher, V M, F J , , The Cornishmans House, (1968)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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