Praze Farmhouse

CARDINHAM SX 17 SW 2/22 Praze Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse. Probably early C17, with additions of C18 and alterations of C20. Slatestone and granite rubble. Bitumenised slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. One gable end stack with brick shaft remaining to right. Plan: 3-room and through passage plan ; the lower end room to right, heated from a gable end stack to right. The passage is a through passage, the rear doorway concealed within a later outshut. The room to left of the passage may have been an unheated central room ; there does not appear to have been an axial or rear later stack. The higher end room has been substantially rebuilt, and the stack removed, probably originally at the gable end. In circa C18, a single storey outshut was added to the rear, behind the hall, passage and lower end room, with a stack at the left side. Probably in circa C19, the hall was partitioned to form a rear lateral corridor. Position of the stair unclear. Higher end room in course of rebuilding at time of survey (March 1987). Exterior: 2 storeys, asymmetrical 4-window front. Ground floor has C20 porch in front of the passage doorway, with outer C20 door, inner C19 panelled and glazed door with overlight ; C20 2-light casement above. The lower end to right has C19 16-pane sash with granite lintel at ground floor, 4-pane light above. The hall has 3-light granite window with chamfered mullions, C20 3-light casement above. The higher end has wide 2-light chamfered granite window with chamfered mullion, each light with a C20 2-light casement inserted C20 3-light casement above. Right end blind, with corrugated iron lean-to. Left end rebuilt with buttress in C20, C20 window at first floor to right. At the rear, the outshut has stable door and 2 C20 2-light casements. At the lower end is a C20 window at ground floor and C19 16-pane sash at first floor. The higher end has small granite window with chamfered mullion at first floor, C20 casement inserted. Interior: Not accessible.

Listing NGR: SX1166970637