Hall Barton Farmhouse

PELYNT PELYNT SX 25 NW 2/189 Hall Barton Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse. Possibly with C18 origins extended and remodelled in mid C19. Stone rubble with some reused dressed granite from earlier house. Stone rubble plinth on front elevation. Front elevation slate-hung above base. Cement-washed scantle slate roof with gable ends. At least 2 early crested ridge tiles. Projecting stone rubble chimney stacks on gable ends with further projecting stone rubble kitchen chimney stack on rear slope of lower left-hand gable end. Double depth plan with principal room on either side of central entrance hall. 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front. Ground floor with 2 tripartite sash windows flanking C20 central glazed porch on brick base and with hipped slate roof. C19 panelled inner door with panelled reveals within. First floor with 2 tripartite sashes flanking central 16-pane sash. Rear elevation asymmetrical with C19 2-light casements beneath brick segmental arches. Rear entrance in outshut projecting from lower kitchen end. Much dressed granite from earlier manor house, known as La Halle, in surrounding outbuildings and in yard. Manor and advowson of Pelynt given to the monastic house of Newenham in 1247. As Dissolution threatened, La Halle was granted by the monks to William Achym. Grigson, G Freedom of the Parish 1954 rp 1982.

Listing NGR: SX2047155152