Churchtown Farmhouse

ST EWE ST EWE SW 94 NE 1/58 Churchtown Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse, now house. Circa late C17 - early C18, with alterations of circa early C19 and few later alterations. Slatestone rubble with brick dressings. Slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. Gable end stacks with brick shafts. Plan: 2-room plan, with a larger room to right and smaller room to left, and cross passage between; integral outshut along the whole of the rear, with larger kitchen to right and smaller unheated dairy to left. There is a later C19 wash house attached to rear of the dairy, and a small C19 single storey outhouse attached at the left end, heated from a stack to rear left. Exterior: 2 storeys, nearly symmetrical 3-window front. All windows are C19 16-pane sashes with cambered brick arches and stone keystones. Off-centre to left is a C20 glazed door with cambered brick arch and stone keystone. Attached at the left end is the outhouse of single storey; this has a window and door opening with cambered brick arches, slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. The right end has large external stack. To right, the loft in the outshut has C19 2-light 4-pane casement with timber lintel. The rear is in painted stone rubble. At ground floor to left a C19 2-light 4-pane casement; at ground floor to right a C19 2-light 3-pane casement with timber lintel. The rear is in painted stone rubble. At ground floor to left a C19 2-light 4-pane casement; at ground floor to right a C19 2-light 3-pane casement. The single storey wash house forms a rear porch, and is rendered, with C20 window at the rear and right side and C20 door at the left side. This conceals a plank door leading directly into the kitchen. The rear of the outhouse to right has two plank doors and 4-pane casement with brick segmental arches. Interior: The room to front right has some C18 moulded beams and some roughly hewn beams remaining. End fireplace with C19 mantel. There is a straight stair inserted in the rear of the room, with stick balusters. The outshut has slate floor throughout and slate shelves in the dairy.

Listing NGR: SW9764446062