Triffle Farmhouse

ST GERMANS SX 35 SW 6/82 Triffle Farmhouse

23.1.68 II

Farmhouse. Early C18, remodelled early C19, with later C19 and C20 alterations. Slatestone rubble, front and part of the right side slate-hung, partly rendered. Slate roof with gable ends. Gable end stacks with brick shafts. Plan: Double depth plan, with front range with one large principal room to right and smaller room to left, off-centre porch to left. To rear right an integral 2-room plan kitchen wing with ridge stack heating the kitchen. 2-span roof hipped over the rear service rooms. Exterior: 2 storeys, asymmetrical 3-window range. Ground floor has 6-pane sash to right and left of C19, porch with flat roof, rendered and panelled to front, with cornice and blocking course, 12-pane sash to front and half-glazed C19 door with margin glazing to right side, with pilasters and segmental head. First floor has central 12-pane sash, and 12-pane sash with sidelights to right and left; modillion cornice and 2 dormers, each with hipped roof and 15-pane sash. The left side of the front range is slate-hung. Rear kitchen wing has ground floor 2-light casement of 15 panes each light, with iron stanchions and stone cambered head, first floor 6-pane sash with stone cambered head. At the right side, the front range is in rubble at ground floor, slate-hung above, with 4-pane sash at ground floor to left. Rear kitchen wing is also slate-hung at upper level, at first floor with two 3-light casements with L hinges, and single 8-pane light at ground floor. First floor has two 16-pane sashes. Small single storey addition to right end, with C20 door, rendered, with end stack, probably originally a wash-house. At the rear, the house has 3 casements at ground floor, each 2-light with stone cambered heads. At first floor, two 20-pane sashes with stone cambered heads and small single light to left. The rear wing has 4-pane light at ground floor, 2 single lights at first floor. Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3319859099