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GODOLPHIN HOUSE

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Country house, built as a courtyard house in the late 15th century and extended considerably in the 16th century. It was further extended in the mid 17th century and has some 18th century alterations. The house was reduced in size and converted into a farmhouse. Apart from 20th century renovations it has been little altered since the early 19th century. Adjoining the house are 17th or possibly late 16th century cobbled pavements and stabling including a fodder store. The forecourt walls and mounting block are 17th century.
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SW60103184 Godolphin Hall (NR). (1)

Godolphin Hall - Grade 1. Late C15 and late C17, renovated C20. It was originally a double courtyard house of which one courtyard remains, with the original inter-court wing now a skeleton wall.
The N side of the court was closed by a colonnaded wing in the C17.

The house was the seat of the Godolphin family who rose in power during Tudor and Stuart times. (2)

This oustanding house still retains many of its original features. Formerly "Godolphin", the owner has renamed it Godolphin House to avoid confusion with the nearby village of Godolphin. (3)

Godolphin House (NR). (4)

More than half Godolphin House, see plan, was demolished in the early C19 and the remaining portions adapted for use as a farmhouse. There was originally a forecourt flanked with lodges, their foundations having recently been uncovered.

The oldest existing part of the house forms the east side of the courtyard and dates from the C15.

The buildings on the west side are from about 1575 and consist of what must have been the main parlour, called the 'Kings Room', and another living room, built over a cellar and two service rooms.

This wing was originally connected with the second courtyard which was taken down in 1805, the Elizabethan dining hall, and probably also the bedrooms, being situated on its north side. (6)

In 1993 the Cornwall Gardens Trust compiled a record of the gardens at Godolphin and in 1994 the Countryside Commission grant-aided the Debois Landscape Survey Group to undertake a landscape survey of the Godolphin Estate. In the same year N.Cooper of the RCHME completed an architectural investigation and 1:200 scale survey of the house. In 1995 M.Fletcher and S.Probert of the RCHME produced a 1:500 scale survey and a report on the gardens. In 1996 The Cornwall Archaeological Unit undertook an archaeological overview of the estate. The 1995 RCHME report entitled 'Godolphin and its Gardens' and the RCHME large scale surveys are deposited in the archive. (7)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1963

( 2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

Kerner Rural District, APR-1969 Page(s)3-4

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 MJF 12-DEC-70

( 3a) General reference

Godolphin House pamphlet

( 4) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10 000 1975

( 5) Royal Archaeological Institute The Archaeological Journal

plan (S Schofield) 130, 1973 Page(s)262-4

( 6) by Nikolaus Pevsner ; revised by Enid Radcliffe 1970 Cornwall

The Buildings of England

( 7) General reference

Cooper. N.and Fletcher M. 1995 Godolphin and its Gardens. RCHME Report.

(8) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

Kerrier, 26-AUG-1987 1528 Page(s)34-39

(9) English Heritage Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England

Cornwall PART 8

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