Manuels Farmhouse

COLAN SW 86 SW 5/6 Manuels Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse, now house. Probably early - mid C18, with additions and alterations of C19 and later C20 alterations. Incorporates a datestone, RS 1617. Slatestone rubble and cob, rendered. Slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends; gable end stacks with brick shafts. Addition to left with slurried scantle slate roof with gable end to left with stack with brick shaft. Plan: Double depth plan. 2 rooms to front, one larger to left and smaller to right, each room heated from a gable end stack. Shallow unheated rear service rooms in an integral outshut. In circa mid C19 a one-room plan addition was made to the left end, heated from a gable end stack. Single storey with loft additions made to the front of C19 addition. Exterior: Asymmetrical front of 2 storeys and 3 windows, the upper level rendered. All windows are C19 16-pane sashes. Gabled open-fronted porch with inner 4-panelled and glazed door. The addition to left is 2-storey, with similar 16-pane sash at ground and first floor. The front addition has 3-light C20 window at ground floor and small 4-pane light to loft. 2-light 8-pane casement at the right side of the wing. The right end has 4-pane sash at ground floor to right and 2-light 6-pane casement at first floor to right. The left side has C20 16-pane sash at ground and first floor. Single storey C20 addition to right. The rear has 6-pane sash lighting the stair. Ground floor right has 3-pane light to former dairy. At the rear left side is a 6-pane C20 light at ground floor and 4-pane sash at first floor. Interior: The end left room (in the C19 addition) has panelled shutters to the front window. The rear outshut has been altered as one room, with a staircase.

Listing NGR: SW8395460068