Trescowe And Garden Wall And Railings To Front South East

A farmhouse and garden wall and railings, probably dating from the early 17th century, with extensions and remodelling in the 18th and mid-19th centuries. The farmhouse is constructed of stone rubble, rendered on the front, with a slate roof featuring hipped ends to the front range and a cat slide over the service range on the right; hipped ends also exist on the rear wings. Rendered brick end and side lateral stacks are present. The original layout is uncertain, with a circa 17th-century range forming the lower part of the rear right, though the main range was remodelled in the mid-19th century rather than entirely rebuilt. Evidence of original high-quality 17th-century carpentry remains, including three muntins of a partition in the rear of the front right-hand room. The house has an 'L' shaped plan, originally with a central front entrance flanked by two principal rooms, and a third principal room in the rear left wing. The earlier 17th-century range was later converted to service rooms, likely in the 19th century. The front façade is two storeys and an attic, with an almost symmetrical three-window arrangement, featuring mid to late 19th-century casement windows. The central entrance has been blocked. The windows include two 3-light casements on the ground floor, two 3-light casements on the first floor, and two full hipped dormers to the attic. A lean-to roof extends from the right side onto the lower service range. Internally, the main range has largely replaced 20th-century chimney-pieces and a mid-19th-century staircase to the rear of the left-hand room. The rear left-hand room boasts an ornate, complete mid-19th-century plaster cornice. The right-hand room features three 17th-century chamfered muntins in a partition, with run-out stops at the top and bottom. The service range has large, roughly finished joists. Several 18th-century two-panel doors are found on the first floor and in the attic. The roof structure of the main range is circa mid to late 19th century, while the earlier range has circa 18th-century principals; the rafters and collars were probably replaced in the 19th and 20th centuries. The garden wall and railings to the front are circa 19th century, consisting of a low stone rubble wall with wrought iron railings and a gate.