Restormel Buildings by Silvanus Trevail

The Silvanus Trevail Society

Trevail's Seal

"To remember the man ...
... and his work"

Some buildings designed by Silvanus Trevail
in Restormel Borough (mid-Cornwall)

in alphabetical order of location

Click here for some buildings previously attributed to Trevail
now known to be by his successor, Alfred Cornelius

To view a picture of a building, click on the icon in the Notes column

Dates quoted are mostly when building opened but if not known, they are when plans were approved or work started

Where	What	When	Notes / Now
Biscovey	School	1877	art gallery
Carclaze	School	1879	E block & master’s house; still in use
Carthew	School	1877	private house
Coombe	School	1878	private house
Fair Park	School	1877	office accommodation
Fowey	School	1878	private housing
Fowey	Boy's school	1896	private house
Fowey	Grammar school	1879	demolished 1999
Fowey	Church vestry	1894	in use
Fowey	Masonic temple	c1880	Trevail's plans not used
Fowey	Devon & Cornwall Bank	1903	Lloyds Bank. Listed
Fowey	Lodge to Place	1882	private house
Fowey	Working Mens Institute	1878	British Legion
Gorran	School	1880	destroyed by fire 1967
High Street, Lanjeth	School	1878	private house
Indian Queens	School	1879	listed, workshop
Kestle Mill	Wesleyan chapel	1888	private house
Lockengate	School	1880	private house
Lostwithiel	Congregational church	1879	private housing
Lostwithiel	Cowbridge (house) - new wing & facade	1894	residential home
Luxulyan	School	1871	private house
Luxulyan	Memorial cross	1902	listed
Luxulyan	Sundial	1902	refurbished, listed
Luxulyan	Obelisk to Joseph Trevail	1903	listed
Luxulyan	Church bells	1902	commissioned by Trevail
Luxulyan	Carne Cottages	1864	private housing
Luxulyan	Chapel, Rosemelling - interior	1872	private house
Mevagissey	School	1877	private housing
Mevagissey	Cemetery chapel	1882	light industrial use
Mevagissey	Congregational chapel	1883	St Andrews Church
Mevagissey	Polpier (house)	1892	private house
Mount Charles	Wesleyan chapel	1873	demolished 1995
Mount Charles	School	1872	private housing
Nanpean	School - wing	1878	demolished 1898
Nanpean	Mission chapel	1878	in use
Newquay	Congregational	1888	destroyed by fire 1924
Newquay	Cornish Bank	1894	demolished 1913
Newquay	Devon & Cornwall Bank	1900	shop, windows altered
Newquay	Atlantic Hotel	c1892	altered & extended
Newquay	Masonic Hall	1880	storage facility
Newquay	Headland Hotel	1900	listed
Newquay	Bon Air (house)	1901	demolished 2003
Newquay	Lamorna (house)	1891	private housing
Newquay	Pentowan (house)	1880	apartments
Newquay	Great Western Hotel	1879	extended, new facade
Newquay, Crantock St.	Girls & Infants school	1878	demolished 1973
Newquay, Fistral Rd	Terrace of four	1896	Fairway Hotel. Demolished 2007 & replaced with large apartment block
Nowquay, Porth Veor	House	1879	now Porth Veor Manor hotel
Par	Primitive Methodist church	1876	demolished
Par	St Mary’s vicarage	1882	private house
Pentewan	School	1873	restaurant
Roche	Wesleyan chapel	1877	interior & front, listed
St Austell	Wesleyan chapel	1888	interior, new front, listed
St Austell	Congregational church - interior	1880	demolished c1970
St Austell	Devon & Cwall Bank - Alts & extra windows	?	converted to offices
St Austell	Coode & Shilson Bank	1897	Nat West bank "The Red Bank" - Listed
St Austell	Liberal Club	1890	was 'Thin End' restaurant for many years. Now awaiting conversion to apartments.
St Austell	Public Rooms	1895	'Sports World' (was Courts showrooms)
St Austell	Conservatory	1896	demolished
St Austell	Hawkes premises	1889	front since altered
St Austell	Tregarne Terrace	1890's	housing & offices
St Austell	Tregarne House	1890's	offices
St Austell	Rows of Houses, Moorland Road	1896	still extant
St Austell	Hodge's shop	1889	part of shoe shop
St Austell	Central School	1873	demolished 1998
St Austell, High Cross St.	Terrace of four	1901	private houses
St Blazey	Boys school	1875	demolished 1995
St Columb	Ashleigh (house)	1896	extended & new facade added by ST; private housing
St Columb	Congregational church	1876	interior ripped out; later private housing
St Columb	Treventon (house)	1897	recently refurbished
St Columb Major	School	1876	still in use
St Mawgan in Pydar	School - wing	1877	listed. Still in use
St Mewan	School	1876	still in use
St Winnow	School - wing	1878	listed
Sweetshouse	Wesleyan chapel	1876	listed, private house
Trenython	Entrance lodge	c1894/5	private house
Trenython	Chapel	c1894/5	still used as such for weddings etc
Treverbyn	School	1878	empty
Tywardreath	Reservoir	?	demolished

Alfred Joseph Cornelius

The following buildings were originally thought to have been designed by Silvanus Trevail and they have appeared in various listings as such because the plans for them were documented & filed with ST's work in the County Record Office. However, detailed research by society member Hazel Harradence has revealed that they were in fact by Alfred Cornelius, his assistant, who took over the practice after Trevail died in late 1903.

Where	What	When	Notes / Now
Newquay, Edgcumbe Ave	Two bungalows	Mar & Oct 1907*	no change
Newquay, Edgcumbe Gardens	House for Capt Fenwick	Mar 1907*	house
Newquay, Mount Wise	House for G H Clemens	Nov 1905*	Penberthy Residential Home
Newquay, Porth Way	Semi-detached houses for Mr Stephens	1908	houses

* Date that planning permission was obtained

Alfred Cornelius designed other buildings in Newquay, including what is now the Gluvain Park Hotel and the chapel at Trencreek (bt 1906, demolished 1960's) as well as a variety of buildings elsewhere in Cornwall.

A similar situation obtained in Truro where the West End Stores (aka Charlie's Bar) has been attributed to Trevail for a good many years but all surviving plans are the work of Cornelius in 1904/5 - a year or more after the death of ST.

If you have photos of or any more information about any of the
above buildings, please do not hesitate to contact us ! Thanks

List compiled by - Hazel Harradence
Tan Yard Cottage, Bodiggo, Luxulyan, Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 5DR

Telephone (01726) 851 158

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