Retyn Farmhouse

ST ENODER SW 85 NE 11/312 Retyn Famhouse 16.5.86 II

Farmhouse. Late C17 - early C18; additions to rear of later C18, with later additions and alterations of C19 and C20. Rendered stone rubble; the rear wall partly in rendered cob. Thatched roof with gable ends. Gable end stacks with brick shafts, the stack to left rebuit in C20. Plan: 2-room plan with central passage, with kitchen to left and parlour to right. Circa mid C18, and outshut of single storey and loft was added to rear, with unheated dairies and central stair. Later in the C19, a one-room plan wing was added to rear left as a kitchen, heated from a gable end stack at the rear; this wing is built into the bank at the rear. Further additions at the left side of the wing, of later C19 and C20. Exterior: 2 storeys, asymmetrical 3-window front. Ground floor has panelled and glazed door set in C20 thatched porch on wooden posts. C19 16-pane sash to right and left with timber lintels. First floor has three 2-light 8-pane casements of early C20. Right end has C19 16-pane sash at first floor to left. The outshut is to right, with 6-pane light at ground floor and 16-pane sash at first floor; asbestos slate roof. The rear of the outshut has two 2-light C20 casements at ground floor and one at first floor. The left side is rendered; two single storey C20 additions. To left is the rear wing with two C20 12-pane sashes and two C20 single lights at first floor. There is a 2-storey addition at the side of the rear wing, with 16-pane sash at ground floor and 12-pane sash at first floor, C20 replacements. The rear wing has glazed C20 door at the inner side and gable end stack with brick shaft; asbestos slate roof. Interior: The passage is wide, with an C18 screen partition wall to left, with raised moulded fillets. The front room has early C18 2-panelled door; C20 fireplace. The room to front left has C19 6-panelled door with re-used HL hinges. Fireplace rebuilt, with cloam oven remaining. The rear outshut has a dog-leg stair with stick balusters. At first floor, the rooms are ceiled; the roof has trusses with roughly hewn principal rafters and halved and pegged collars.

Listing NGR: SW8846658719