Penheale Manor | |
Type: | Manor House |
Coordinates: | 50.666°N -4.4517°W |
Location: | Penheale, Cornwall |
Architect: | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
Architecture: | Jacobean and Arts and Crafts |
Designation1: | Grade I |
Designation1 Offname: | Penheale Manor |
Designation1 Date: | 1 December 1951 |
Designation2: | Grade I |
Designation2 Offname: | Gatehouse |
Designation2 Date: | 22 November 1960 |
Designation3: | Grade I |
Designation3 Offname: | Stables |
Designation3 Date: | 22 November 1960 |
Designation4: | Grade I |
Designation4 Offname: | Gate, gate-piers and garden wall to north east of Penheale Manor |
Designation4 Date: | 11 January 1989 |
Designation5: | Grade II* |
Designation5 Offname: | Walled garden and pavilions to west of gatehouse and Penheale Manor |
Designation5 Date: | 11 January 1989 |
Designation6: | National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens |
Designation6 Offname: | Penheale Manor |
Designation6 Date: | 11 June 1987 |
Penheale Manor is a Grade I listed manor house and historic building one mile north of Egloskerry, Cornwall.
The manor was mentioned as one of 284 manors in Cornwall by the Domesday Book of 1086. The current manor house occupies a medieval site, but was built in the early 17th century. It can be dated to c. 1620-1640.[1] There were alterations in the 18th century. The Rev. Henry Addington Simcoe, son of John Graves Simcoe, purchased the estate in 1830 and was curate of Egloskerry. He married twice and had eleven children, and wrote and published many books from his own printing press at Penheale. Norman Colville purchased Penheale in the 1920s and made significant alterations, with the help of Sir Edwin Lutyens. His additions are largely to the south, and reportedly contain a stair of a similar design, but smaller scale, to that of Castle Drogo. The manor is a Grade I listed building. The gatehouse, stables, and the gate, with its gatepiers and attached garden wall are also listed at Grade I.