Halloon Farmhouse

ST ENODER SW 95 NW 12/298 Balloon Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse. Probably late C17 or early C18, with alterations of later C18 and C19, and some C20 alterations. Granite rubble. Corrugated asbestos roof with gable ends; probably originally thatched, with raised coped verges. Gable end stacks in granite ashlar with cornices and shaped tops. Plan: 2-room plan with central passage; the room to left was probably the kitchen and the room to right the parlour, each room heated from a gable end stack. Probably in the C18, an outshut of single storey and loft was added along the whole of the rear of the house, with 2 unheated rooms and central stair. Exterior: 2 storeys, nearly symmetrical 3-window front. Central C19 4-panelled door with slate hood. At ground floor to left a 3-light C20 casement with granite lintel, and to right a C19 8-pane sash. First floor has 3-light C20 window to left, C19 8- pane sash to right and central 3-light C19 casement, of 3 panes each light with L hinges. Left end blind with C20 lean-to. Right end blind; the outshut has 2-pane window at ground floor and 4-pane light at first floor. At the rear there is a 2- light, 3-pane casement, 2-light 6-pane horizontal sash, plank door, 4-pane sash and 3-pane casement to right. Interior: The passage has an C18 panelled screen partition wall to left, with 2- panelled fielded early C18 door. Rooms to left and right both have moulded beams. Rest of the house not accessible.

Listing NGR: SW9104059826