Lowerton Farmhouse And Adjacent Pighouses

CALSTOCK LATCHLEY SX 47 SW 2/120 Lowerton Farmhouse and adjacent pighouses II Farmhouse. Late C19, with C17 features re-used in a C19 outbuilding, which is adjacent to right and now used as pighouses. Slatestone rubble ; front slate-hung. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles and stacks with rendered shafts to sides. Plan: Double depth plan, with principal room to front right and left, dairy to rear left and kitchen to rear right. Adjacent to front right is the small range of pighouses containing C17 features and possibly incorporating part of the wall of the early building, in slate rubble with granite dressings. Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front, all C19 windows with 20-pane sashes. Central open-fronted gabled porch with outer round arch and inner 4-panelled door with overlight. Left side slate-hung, with single light to the dairy at ground floor to left. Right side a blind rubble wall. Rear was three 16-pane sashes at first floor, 16-pane sash with cambered head at ground floor to right and left. Off-centre to left a C20 rubble gabled porch. Adjacent to front right, the front wall of the pighouses has 2 re-used chamfered granite windows, blocked, 3 doors at ground floor ; single storey lean-to attached to rear. The front has an inset granite stone, carved with a primitive face, with a hood mould over. Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4092873770