Empacombe Home Farm

SX 45 SW MAKER-WITH-RAW EMPACOMBE

6/117 Empacombe Home Farm

GV II

Barns, granary and associated farm buildings now including a house conversion. Circa 1850. Red sandstone random rubble with brick dressings and re-set C16 or C17 granite features. Asbestos cement slates to house and corrugated asbestos sheeting to rest. U-plan. Central granary now farmhouse flanked by open-fronted shelter sheds terminating in 2 storey cow houses projecting forward. House: 2 storeys and attic. 3 windows, all 6-light 20th century casements with brick segmental heads, central C20 porch. Gabled dormers with 2-light casements and scalloped barge boards. Rear elevation is only one storey and attic with central doorway. Shelter sheds, 5 bays left and right all round arched openings, centre to right is narrower, centre opening to left has a reset moulded granite doorway. Ventilation slits and another reset doorway on rear. Cow houses: to left 7 bays, round arched opening in filled to half height except in centre. Two 2-light openings above former loading door. To right is cow house with bank barn above. 4 bays to left, 2 to right, round-headed arches. Midstreys on rear. Two loading doors opposed on the yardside. Ventilation slits under eaves. Barn has loading door and south gable and gothic Y - tracery blind feature window on north gable intended to be seen from afar. A little altered planned farmyard built as the Home Farm for Mount Edgecumbe.

Listing NGR: SX4454452948