Carbean Farmhouse

Carbean Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse, built on the site of an earlier house dating probably from the 17th century. The construction incorporates masonry from a 1656 structure, identified by a datestone bearing the initials “W R”. The farmhouse is built of granite rubble with granite dressings, and has dry slate roofs with granite end stacks. Originally a two-room plan with an entrance hall or passage between the rooms, it was later extended in the mid-19th century with a parallel two-room-plan range to the rear. The front facade is nearly symmetrical, with two windows on each floor. The ground-floor window openings are spanned by 17th-century chamfered granite lintels, though the windows themselves are 20th-century replacements. A central porch has an asymmetrical gable, and the doorway is spanned by a 17th-century granite basket-arched stone with a thin roll moulding. Rear openings are spanned by segmental brick arches. A small first-floor window is located on the right-hand return, to the right of the chimney breast. The interior has not been inspected. The farmhouse represents a good example of a standard vernacular plan common in Cornwall from the later 17th century, characterized by a central entry and end stacks to the heated rooms on either side.