Lambessow Manor Lembessow Manor

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 December 2024 to reformat the text to current standards. SW 84 SW 6/99 ST CLEMENT Lembessow Manor 28.2.52 GV II Farmhouse. Rebuilt by John Foote, Mayor of Truro, C17 and earlier with C20 wing. Shale and rubble with rag slate and Delabole slate roofs. H-shaped with north east wing includes earlier walling. Stair is between from and back wings. Two storeys. South west front is 1:2:1 bays. Central stucco, two window part has four-panel door to left and four-pane sash to right. Flanking matching gable ended rubble wings have central windows including early C18 sash with eighteen panes to first floor of left wing. Smaller attic windows to gables (leaded glazing was found in one to right). Roof pitch reduced. Back wall and one axial wall in north east range survives from earlier house, but south east wall was probably rebuilt C17. External stone lateral stacks to side wall of left wing, to back of central spine and stone axial stack over where C17 dog leg stair with turned finials and pendants to newels, early C18 cornices and fielded panelled shutters to adjoining room in from wing and C17 twelve-panel door with stuck mouldings leading to first room in back wing which has late C18 chimney piece with festoons. Room beyond in partly rebuilt earlier range has five-panelled door with bolection mouldings. Main hall fireplace in central spine has moulded and stopped lintel. Linked stone retaining wall to north west has spring and granite trough in recess. Listing NGR: SW8420244949 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 62804 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.