Churchtown Barton Farmhouse And Churchtown Barton Cottage

DAVIDSTOW DAVIDSTOW SX 18 NE 2/130 Churchtown Barton Farmhouse and - Churchtown Barton Cottage

GV II

Farmhouse. Rebuilt in 1849 by John Pearse. Stone rubble, rendered on front elevation. Granite dressings with some reused dressed stone from earlier house. Slate roof with gable ends and double gable end on rear elevation. Gable end to lower range on left. Stone rubble end stacks with ashlar granite dressings. Plan: Main range of double depth plan with central entrance through C19 porch. 2 reception rooms on front heated by end stacks. Kitchen to rear left heated by side lateral stack and dairy to rear right. Lower range on left of 2 room plan heated by end stacks with service range in outshot to rear. Elizabethan style. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 1:1:1 window front to main range on right; The left and right hand windows in gabled shallow projecting bays. Central C19 gabled porch with chamfered shoulder arch with diagonal stops and slit window to left. 2-light mullion window to left, the lintel inscribed 'THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1607 T P' and 3- light mullion window to right with inscribed lintel 'REBUILT AD 1849 J P'. First floor with two 3-light mullion windows and central 2-light mullion window. Range to left has 2 window regular front with C20 windows on ground and first floor. Rear door of main range has reset chamfered granite doorframe with pyramid stops. C20 porch extension. Interior: Main range; left hand room has unmoulded granite lintel to fireplace with reused hollow chamfered jambs and pyramid stops. Fireplace in kitchen to rear left has reused granite chamfered lintel and jambs with diagonal stops. C19 ceiling beams in lower range on left. The Barton of Davidstow, commonly called Churchtown estate belonged to the Abbey of Bridgewater. In 1606 it was purchased from the crown by William Pearse and the house was rebuilt by T. Pearse in 1607. Later passed to the Nicholls family. Barton house rebuilt in 1849 by John Pearse. House and yard directly to west of Church of St David (qv). Polsue, J Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, 1867 reprinted 1974.

Listing NGR: SX1507787250