Churchtown Barton Farmhouse And Churchtown Barton Cottage

This is a farmhouse and cottage, rebuilt in 1849 by John Pearse. It is constructed of stone rubble, with the front elevation rendered, and granite dressings, incorporating some reused dressed stone from an earlier house. The building has a slate roof with gable ends, including a double gable on the rear elevation, and stone rubble end stacks with ashlar granite dressings.

The main range of the farmhouse has a double-depth plan with a central 19th-century porch providing access. There are two reception rooms on the front, each heated by an end stack. A kitchen is located to the rear left, with a side lateral stack providing heating, and a dairy is to the rear right. A lower range, originally a cottage, is attached to the left, featuring a two-room plan and heated by end stacks. A service range extends from the rear of this lower range.

The design is in an Elizabethan style. The symmetrical front elevation of the main range features a 1:1:1 window arrangement, with the left and right windows set within shallow, gabled projecting bays. A central, gabled 19th-century porch has a chamfered shoulder arch with diagonal stops and a narrow slit window to the left. A two-light mullion window to the left has a lintel inscribed 'THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1607 T P', and a three-light mullion window to the right is inscribed 'REBUILT AD 1849 J P'. The first floor has two three-light mullion windows and a central two-light mullion window. The cottage to the left has a regular two-window front, with 20th-century windows on both the ground and first floors. A reset chamfered granite doorframe with pyramid stops is visible on the rear door of the main range, alongside a 20th-century porch extension.

Inside the main range, the left-hand room has an unmoulded granite lintel to the fireplace, with reused hollow chamfered jambs and pyramid stops. The kitchen fireplace to the rear left also has a reused granite chamfered lintel and jambs with diagonal stops. The lower range on the left has 19th-century ceiling beams.

The estate, historically known as the Barton of Davidstow and commonly called Churchtown estate, originally belonged to the Abbey of Bridgewater. In 1606, it was purchased from the crown by William Pearse, and the house was rebuilt in 1607 by T. Pearse. It later passed to the Nicholls family. The farmhouse was rebuilt again in 1849 by John Pearse. The property is situated directly west of the Church of St David.