Carnevas Farmhouse And Garden Walls To South

ST MERRYN SW 87 SE 3/251 Carnevas Farmhouse and garden walls to south

GV II

Farmhouse and garden walls to front. Circa late C18 or early C19. Stone rubble. Slate roof with hipped ends. Brick axial stacks. Plan: Double depth plan with entrance to right of centre. 3 principal rooms across front, heated by fireplaces on the rear walls. Kitchen to rear of left hand room, dairy to rear of central room and stair to rear of right hand room. Exterior: 2 storeys. Imposing 4 window regular front elevation with original sashes and dressed stone segmental arches to openings. Entrance to right of centre with C19 door and circa 1840s glazed timber porch with 2 centred arched openings to the windows and a flat roof. Hornless 12-pane C19 sashes on ground floor with 2 sashes to left and one to right. First floor with four 12-pane sashes, the second sash replaced in circa late C19 or C20. Interior: Complete original joinery and carpentry details. 2 principal rooms on front left have original moulded plaster cornices although the partition between the 2 rooms has been removed. Original moulded plasterwork and chimney-piece to right hand room. Stair with wrought iron balustrade lit by a stair window with original painted glass depicting a farmyard scene. Kitchen to rear left has C19 joinery including bench attached to wall. Meat hooks in kitchen and in small cupboard outside back door, presumably for poultry. Including C19 stone rubble walls enclosing garden to front (south) of the house. This house is an unusual survival of such a complete circa 1800 farmhouse and commands a prominent position in the landscape.

Listing NGR: SW8622172770