Nanswhyden Farmhouse With Wall About 50 Metres To South East

This is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, situated near St Columb Major. The construction combines slatestone and granite rubble with some brick and granite ashlar. It has a double-depth plan, meaning the house was originally conceived with two main levels of internal space. The roof is slate, with ridge tiles along the top, and axial stacks – chimneys – with paired brick shafts, featuring an arch between the shafts. The front of the farmhouse is asymmetrical, with a five-window facade. The main entrance has a plank door with an overlight. There are 19th-century sash windows across the front, with a mix of 16-pane and 12-pane configurations. All ground floor windows are topped with brick segmental arches. The first floor also has 19th-century sash windows. A small, single-storey wing projects from the right-hand side, constructed in granite ashlar with a canted front. This wing features a round-arched light with glazing bars and sidelights, and a hipped roof hidden behind a parapet. The end of this wing is rusticated - the stone is deliberately textured - and features an arcade of three round arches with imposts (decorative projections) and voussoirs (wedge-shaped stones), with two arches containing four-pane sash windows. A band course runs horizontally across the facade, topped by a tall parapet with three blank panels and moulded coping. Approximately 50 metres to the southeast stands a section of wall from a former building, facing the right end of the farmhouse. This wall shares a similar architectural style, also featuring a rusticated granite ashlar arcade of three round arches, imposts, keystones, a tall parapet with blank panels, and moulded coping. The rear elevation is in painted rubble and has an arcade of nine recessed round arches that extend through the ground and first floors. Three arches retain 2-light, four-pane casements with segmental arches on the first floor, while the other openings are blocked. On the ground floor, a 12-pane sash with sidelights and three 12-pane sashes remain, with the other openings blocked or blank. The interior of the farmhouse is not accessible. Nearby is a remnant wall of a former building demonstrating a similar design.