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Trist House (also known as Veryan Vicarage)

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Access contact details

For opening details see http://trystproductions.org.uk/Mum/index.html

Directions

Veryan is four miles south of Tregony, off the A3078 from Tregony to St Mawes. Trist House is close to the centre of the village, just past the Roseland Stores on the road to Portloe on the right hand side.

Features & Designations

Designations

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Grade: II

Features

  • Belt
  • Description: A belt of trees exists along former eastern boundary continuing to south.
  • Clump
  • Description: Clumps of trees within garden
  • Lawn
  • Description: Formal lawns adjacent to house; less formal grassed areas to south
  • Orchard
  • Description: Remains of orchard planted during war on western edge of main lawn
  • Rockery
  • Description: Extensive rockeries in Victorian 'heaped' style along western edge down to pond margins
  • Shrubbery
  • Description: Mainly laurel understorey to tree areas
  • Tree Feature
  • Description: Fine beeches at edge of terrace
  • Courtyard
  • Description: Paved with beach pebbles and some stone slabs, large magnolia on house wall
  • Gatehouse
  • Description: Stone lodge at entrance incorporating Gothic stone windows mainly taken from St Nun's church Grampound in 19th century
  • Grotto
  • Description: Possible remains of groto amongst rock area on western edge
  • Ruin
  • Description: Artificial ruin, much overgrown, to north of house
  • Balustrade
  • Description: Terrace walls of random stone with granite copings
  • Sculpture
  • Description: Stone lion on top of courtyard wall
Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Extant

Hectares

1.6

Open to the public

Yes

Electoral Ward

Roseland

References

Contributors

  • Trish Gibson