St Aldhelm

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SW 97 NE 4/186

ST KEW CHAPEL AMBLE St Aldhelm

(Formerly listed as St Andhlem)

II House. Circa early C18. Rendered stone rubble and cob with slate roof with gable ends and brick end chimney stacks. Plan comprises two large rooms of almost equal size with cross passage and framed imperial stair to rear of passage. Small service room added to rear on left in outshut. Long low house with regular 4-window front with circa early C19 hornless sashes. Ground floor with 20-pane sash on left and two 16-pane sashes on right. C19 6-panel door near centre with C20 stone rubble gabled porch with reused and probably resited chamfered granite jambs and lintel. 2-light circa C17 timber mullion window in left- hand side wall of porch. First floor with four 16-pane sashes. Service room to rear on left below continuous catslide roof with further C20 extension to rear right. Interior with complete slate flag floors on ground floor. Cross passage with partitions remaining probably in situ. Ceiling beams fairly slight and roughly cut. Fireplace to room on left with reused dressed stone reputed to have been taken from Bodmin Gaol. C20 fireplace in room on right. Circa early C18 framed imperial stair to rear with C19 balustrade inserted. First floor with central bedroom divided with circa mid C18 timber screen with bowtell moulded uprights. Moulded doorcases and 4- panel doors on ground floor with circa mid C18 2-panel doors with HL hinges on first floor. Roof timbers with straight feet of principals chamfered below collar level. Roof structure not fully inspected.

Listing NGR: SW9962475565