Tredundle Farmhouse And Small Outbuilding Attached On South West

A farmhouse with an attached bake or wash house, dating from approximately the early 17th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, with rag and asbestos slate roofs; the right-hand end is gabled, the left-hand end half-hipped. Chimneys are of brick, with an axial stack, an end stack, and a projecting stone rubble lateral stack on the rear. A distinctive feature is the unusual 4-room and cross-passage plan, built down a slope. The entrance is to the right of centre, opening into a cross passage with a thin partition on one side and a stone rubble wall on the other. The lower end of the house has its own end stack, while a central room above the passage is heated by an axial stack. A kitchen extends beyond this, with a rear lateral stack. An additional partitioned dairy is located on the higher left-hand side of the kitchen. A rear wing adds a single-room plan, containing a cellar below and a chamber above, with a truncated end stack. The original stair turret behind the passage was extended in the mid-17th century with a balustrade, and later, around the late 18th or 19th century, further extended to form an outshut. A small 19th-century bake or wash house is attached to the front left of the house. The front facade is asymmetrical, with a sloping ground and a central entrance with a 19th or 20th-century panelled door. There are 19th-century casement windows, and an open-sided outshut forming a porch on the left with a 19th-century door and a dairy window. The first floor has four 19th-century 2-light casements and a 12-pane sash window. The attached wash or bake house, also circa 19th century, is of stone rubble with a slate roof and a brick end stack, with a 19th-century 2-light window in the side wall. Internally, the ceilings are plastered. The kitchen fireplace is partially blocked by a Rayburn range and a 20th-century grate, and the lower end has a 19th-century chimney-piece flanked by late 18th-century china cupboards, altered in the 20th century. The rear wing has a 19th-century fireplace surround and roughly chamfered floor joists. The dairy is complete with slate shelves and gauze windows. The rear newel stair has later treads, with heavy turned late 17th-century balusters above. The roof structure was replaced in the 20th century.