Holiday Cottages 5 Metres To North West Of Worthyvale Manor

FORRABURY AND SW 18 NW MINSTER 5/15 Holiday Cottages 5m to north west of Worthyvale Manor (previously 17.12.62 listed as outbuildings at Worthyvale Manor) GV II Outbuildings, original use uncertain, possibly rear wing of Worthyvale Manor (qv). Converted into shippons, stables and coach house and then into holiday accommodation Possibly circa late C16, remodelled in C19 and in late C20. Slate stone rubble with granite dressings. Slate roof with gable ends. Rectangular single depth plan with several straight joints on front and rear elevations indicating considerable alterations. The partitions have been altered and several of the C17 entrances and windows appear to have been reset. The coach house near the centre of the range contains remains of an early C17 fireplace on the first floor. Converted into a row of holiday cottages in the late C20. Single storey elevation to courtyard with a symmetrical 7 window front. Circa late C16/early C17 granite chamfered 3-centered arched entrances including entrance to left of centre with initials CW in spandrels. (Christopher Worthyvale died in 1664). 3-light mullion windows, partly restored and late C16 3-light mullion window with segmental arched openings. Two storey elevation on south west with C20 fenestration. Interiors largely altered and remodelled. Remains of first floor fireplace in coach house; chamfered timber lintel on renewed corbelled timber brackets with granite curb stone.

Listing NGR: SX1074086031