Cruwys Morchard House

Heritage listing

Details SS 81 SE CRUWYS MORCHARD CRUWYS MORCHARD 2/81 Cruwys Morchard House and walls to walled garden at north east 5.4.66 GV II* Manor House, seat of the Cruwys family. Circa mid C16, described as "lately ... enlarged and modernized" in 1850 (White's Devon). Ashlar masonry to the front elevation, rear elevation and east elevation rendered ; hipped slate roof behind parapets ; 8 stacks, some with rendered shafts, some with stone shafts. H plan with a central heated entrance hall and left and right crosswings, the right hand crosswing extends further to the rear than the left crosswing. The earliest dateable part of the house is the rear of the right crosswing which contains a fine circa mid C16 parlour or hall on the ground floor, heated by a projecting lateral stack. It is possible that this crosswing was originally the main range of the house but re-roofing and later alterations make it difficult to establish the early plan form. Hoskins suggests that the present entrance hall may be "disguised Tudor". An old beam is said to have been removed from the left hand crosswing suggesting the possiblity of an early courtyard arrangement. The circa early C19 remodelling created the present, almost symmetrical plan. The principal stair rises axially from the heated entrance hall with a second stair in a small projection to the rear left of the main range. The rear of the house is enclosed by a small courtyard. 2 storeys. Symmetrical front elevation, facing south, the 3-bay centre recessed between the 2-bay crosswings with a plinth and a parapet above a deeply-moulded cornice. A l-bay block at the right end is set back from the right hand crosswing. Shallow central circa early C19 porch with Ionic pilasters and a fanlight with spoke glazing was added in the late C20, originati

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.