Built / Designed For: J.H. Ley
House & Family History: Trehill is a small, two story, stuccoed Neoclassical house. The five-bay house sits high above a rusticated basement and sports a four-column Greek Doric porch. The notable top-list staircase hall has a curved cantilevered staircase.
Garden & Outbuildings: There is a five-bay orangery with a central pediment in the grounds.
Architect: Charles Robert Ayers
Date: 1827
Title: Buildings of England: Devon, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget; Nairn, Judy
Year Published: 1989
Reference: pg. 513
Publisher: London: Penguin
ISBN: 0140710507
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: J.H. Ley, 19th century; Ley family here from the early 18th century until the 1950s.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Flats / Multi Family
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No