Whalesborough Farmhouse

Whalesborough Farmhouse is a farmhouse and cottage, likely dating from the 17th to early 18th century, with remodelling in the late 18th to early 19th century, and some 20th-century alterations. It is built of stone rubble, whitewashed and rendered to the front and rear right, with a slate roof featuring gable ends and projecting gable end stacks with shafts of local brick, along with 17th/18th-century crested ridge tiles. The main range is a single depth and has projecting wings to the rear right and rear left forming a U-shaped plan. A stone wall connecting the rear wings completes the rear courtyard plan, with the rear right wing now a separate cottage. The symmetrical front facade has three windows and a central entrance through a 20th-century glazed porch. The ground floor windows are two early 19th-century timber sashes, each with twelve panes above twelve panes. The first floor windows are three late 19th-century timber casements, with the middle window having four panes per light and the outer windows lacking glazing bars. Lean-tos adjoin the left and right gable ends. The interior of the main range retains doors with two fielded panels. The rear left wing has a collar rafter roof with threaded purlins, collars halved and pegged. The roof of the main range is similar, with two tiers of threaded purlins. 20th-century alterations and additions have been made to the rear right wing, now the separate cottage. Whalesborough is recorded as a Domesday manor and passed from the Whalesborough family to the Trevelyans in 1460. Sir John Trevelyan was one of the feoffees to the deed of endowment of Week St Mary Grammar School.