Wisewandra Farmhouse

LANDRAKE WITH SX 36 SW ST ERNEY 2/8 Wisewandra Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Circa mid C19, with some later alterations of C20. Slatestone rubble, slate-hung front and left side. Asbestos slate roof with crested ridge tiles and gable ends, gable end stacks, with rendered shaft to left and brick shaft to right. Plan: double depth plan. The front range has a small room heated by gable end stack to left, entrance and stair hall off-centre to left and unusually large room to right heated by gable end, which is said to have originally have been a Methodist chapel in the C19. Along the rear, the rear left room is a scullery/wash house, rear centre unheated dairy and rear right kitchen. Exterior: 2 storeys, nearly symmetrical 4-window range, with C19 windows. At first floor, 16-pane sash to right and left and 2 central 12-pane sashes. The ground floor has 16-pane sash to left and recessed porch which is rendered and lined out, with moulded outer architrave and inner half-glazed door. To right, two 20-pane sashes at ground floor, one to far right and slightly lower level, although the internal floor level is consistent. Left side slate-hung. The right side has at ground floor 20- pane sash to left, C20 window to right with cambered stone lintel; at attic level, C20 light to right. The rear has a single storey rubble lean-to to left with corrugated asbestos roof, 6-pane light and plain-door; this conceals the inner door to the kitchen. To right, the dairy has a 2-light 8-pane casement with cambered stone head, similar head to blocked doorway with C20 casement inserted. End right has single storey lean-to porch with plain door, similar 2-light casement to right. At first floor, 2 C20 lights to left and one to right. Off-centre to right, a tall 10-pane stair light of C19; first floor windows have timber lintels. Interior: The stair hall has a dog-leg stair with stick balusters, wide hallway. C20 fireplaces to gable end stacks. The dairy has slate floor, slate shelves around the walls and slate tables.

Listing NGR: SX3653659804