Bake Farmhouse

PELYNT SX 15 SE 3/147 Bake Farmhouse - II

House now farmhouse. Circa 1610. Probably built for Edward Trelawney. Trelawney coat of arms with datestone 1610 above. Stone rubble, rendered on front elevation. Stone rubble and cob on higher end of cross wing. Bituminous coated and cement- washed scantle slate roof with hipped lower end, gable to front projection of cross wing and hipped rear end of cross wing. 2 projecting stone rubble lateral chimney stacks flanking front entrance of main range. Shaft removed from lower, right-hand chimney stack. Chimney stack with rendered brick shaft in front gable end of cross wing. Main range of 2 rooms with central through passage blocked to rear and C19 stair inserted. Both rooms heated by front lateral chimney stacks. Cross wing at higher end projects to front and rear forming overall 'T' shape plan. Central blocked doorway on higher side wall of cross wing leads to a wide passage now a dairy. 2 storeys asymmetrical 3-window front with gable ended cross wing to left. All C19 casements with glazing bars and crown glass. Ground floor 3-lights, right-hand C20 replacement, first floor 2-lights. Passage doorway to right of centre with C19 panelled door flanked by lateral stacks, the right-hand stack truncated. Inner face of cross wing to left has one 3-light ground floor casement and two 2-light first floor casement. Elevation of higher side of cross wing. 2 storeys asymmetrical 2- window front. Ground floor with plank door on left,2-light casement dairy window with timber lintel, blocked door opening with C19 2-light casement and timber lintel. Slate plaque containing Trelawney coat of arms and datestone above. Slate string above ground floor. Stone rubble lean-to porch to right and 2-light casement. Above 2 C19 2-light casements. Interior with ceilings plastered and C20 chimney pieces. Wallpapered lath and plaster screens flanking through passage. C19 stair in through passage and C19 back stair in cross wing. Feet of principals boxed-in. Roof structure not inspected entirely. Memorial to Edward Trelawney, 1630 in Pelynt Parish Church (qv). Inscription "Here lies an honest lawyer, wot ye what. A thing for all the world to wonder at". Sources; Pelynt Church Guide.

Listing NGR: SX1847254515