Cottage And Adjoining Barn 60 Metres To North Of Downrow

TINTAGEL SX 08 NE 4/148 Cottage and adjoining barn 60 metres to north of Downrow II House and attached barn. Possibly C17 with circa early C19 barn. Local slate stone rubble. Rag slate roof with gable end on right and lower roof with hipped end on left. Projecting stone rubble stack on right hand gable end of house, incorporated as axial stack when the barn was added on the right hand gable end. Projecting rear lateral stack with cloam oven projection to lower range on left. Built on side of slope with ground rising to right. The house appears to be of 2 room plan; direct entrance into right hand room which is heated by the gable end stack. Lower range on left is heated by a rear lateral stack with cloam oven projection. The straight joint between the right and left hand room indicates an extension or partial rebuilding. Additionally the lower left hand gable end appears to have been partially rebuilt, possibly suggesting that the house continued to the left. In circa early C19 a single storey barn was added on the higher right hand gable end, further extended to the right, possibly in the mid C19. 2 storey domestic range on left with asymmetrical 2 window front. Higher roof to right hand range. Circa C19 plank stable-type door with remains of possibly C19 porch leading directly into right hand range. 3-light casement to right. First floor with 1-light casement in left hand range and 2-light casement to right. The ground floor room in the left hand lower side is lit by a C20 window in the left hand side wall. Lean-to outshot to rear on left. Single storey barn on right with double plank doors. Interior of domestic range with slate flag floor, C19 fireplace and C19 ceiling beams in right hand room. Left hand room and first floor not inspected. Interior of barn with circa early C19 oak-pegged collar rafter roof. Particularly picturesque and unaltered elevations.

Listing NGR: SX0699587737