Church Town Farmhouse

Church Town Farmhouse is a farmhouse with a datestone from 1659, located in Lanteglos-by-Fowey. The building features a rubblestone construction with timber lintels over all openings and a slate roof with gable ends. The left side of the farmhouse is slightly lower than the right. There are brick stacks on the left gable end and at the junction of two ranges. The original 17th-century range had three rooms with a cross passage, which was remodeled, likely in the mid-19th century, to create a large room on the left side, removing the cross passage while retaining the dairy on the right. The main entrance is located in the 18th-century range on the left (east). There is an outshut at the rear of the 17th-century range, and a farmbuilding adjoins the right-hand gable end.

The farmhouse is two storeys with an attic in the 17th-century range, and the ground rises to the rear. The 18th-century range has a symmetrical two-window front with scattered fenestration in the longer 17th-century range. The 18th-century range features a central panelled door, and the windows are tripartite sash with glazing bars on the right and left, having ovolo moulded timber lintels with scroll stops, possibly from the 19th century. Similar windows are found above. The right-hand 17th-century range is slightly extended on the right side. On the ground floor, there is a left-hand tripartite sash window with an ovolo moulded lintel with scroll stops, possibly restored, a blocked entrance with a 16-pane timber sash and moulded ovolo lintel in the centre, and a right-hand window to the dairy. The first floor has four sash windows, with three on the right featuring ovolo moulded lintels. In the attic, there is a small two-light timber ovolo moulded mullion window. At the rear of the 18th-century range, there is a mid-19th-century stair window with margin glazing bars.

Inside, there is a large fireplace on the left-hand gable end of the 17th-century range, featuring an ovolo moulded timber lintel with scroll stops and a cloam oven with an iron door. The ceiling has chamfered beams with plain stops, and there is a late 19th-century scissor brace roof with an earlier wall plate still in place. Churchtown was likely part of the manor of Lanteglos during the 17th century.