The Home Farmhouse And Garden And Yard Wall To South East

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2/102 The Home Farmhouse and garden and yard wall to south east

GV II

Farmhouse and including garden wall to front and yard wall adjoining. Circa early- mid C18, but may be remodelling of older house. Stone rubble and cob with slatehanging to front. Slurried scantle slate roofs with brick chimneys over gable ends but set back slightly from ends, and further chimney to side wall of later wing to rear right. Plan originally of 2 rooms flanking cross passage leading to stair. Right-hand room originally hall/kitchen with enormous hearth, mostly blocked. Extended circa early C19 by 1-room parlour wing to rear of right-hand room and later C19 by outshut filling angle behind left-hand room. 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window south east front with openings grouped toward left. Doorway, with gabled hood, central between windows. Ledged door. 12-pane 2- light casement to left of doorway and wider opening with 3-light casement to right. 2-light casement over door and C18 12-pane horizontal sliding sashes with thick glazing bars and original crown glass to first floor left and right. Interior has original T-stair, with main flight longer, an interesting C18 door with 3 panels leading to left-hand room, a C18 dresser in right-hand room (may be original to house but resited), bowtell moulded ceilings beams in the 2 original ground floor rooms and slate-flagged floors. Parlour (rear right) has window shutters, and in service-room to rear left is sill or head of mullioned window reused as theshhold stone. Many circa C16-C17 arch stones are reused in barn adjoining to left (south west). Garden and yard wall is of mixed rubble with granite jambstones to gate-piers, and low pitched granite copings. Gate-piers to yards formerly had (see 1952 NMR photos) circa late C17 early C18 moulded caps with ball finials. A picturesque, long, low C18 vernacular house set within unspoiled C19 farmyard complex.

Listing NGR: SW8039042184