Kersworthy Farmhouse And Adjoining Outbuildings And Garden Wall

NORTH PETHERWIN SX 29 SE 4/74 Kersworthy Farmhouse and adjoining - outbuildings and garden wall

GV II

Farmhouse, adjoining outbuildings and garden wall. Probably late C16 or early C17 with C18 and C19 extensions. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Slate roof with gable ends. Brick shafts to the stone rubble lateral and end stacks. Plan: Interior not accessible and the original arrangement is uncertain. Overall 'H' shaped plan the ground rising to right. Early range may be the central range its lower end to left flanked by 2 later cross wings, each of 2-room plan, heated by lateral and end stacks. Alternatively the house may have been of overall 'T' shaped plan with lower end on left and 2-room plan cross wing on right. As it exists the house comprises a central range of 2-room plan with probably earlier entrance on right leading into passage with stair to rear; kitchen in centre heated by axial stack at lower end on left and second entrance beyond to left, leading into large stair hall. The cross wing at the higher end on right comprises 2 rooms, the front heated by a side lateral stack, the shaft removed, and the rear by a truncated projecting end stack. The lower cross wing on left appears on the exterior, C19 in character; 2 room plan heated by truncated side lateral stacks. This wing may be a C19 extension, or a C19 rebuild or remodelling or refacing of the earlier range. To the rear of the central range are C18, C19 and C20 outshots with a circa C18 cob 2-storey outbuilding attached on the rear right of the right-hand cross wing and a small 2-storey outbuilding attached to the rear entrance which may be a C19 service building used as a back kitchen, bake house or boiler house or may possibly have earlier origins as a heated service room, the projecting stack now truncated. Exterior: 2 storeys. Ground rises to right with rendered central range flanked by 2 stone rubble gabled cross wings. 1:2:1 window front with C19 panelled door to left off centre and late C18 or C19 panelled door to right with late C18 or early C19 4- light casement near centre. Late C19 16-pane sashes in cross wings, the right hand wing with several blocked openings. Garden wall to right; cob with slate cap. Interior: Not accessible. An internal inspection may reveal several interesting features and may help date the house more accurately. The owner states that the fireplaces have been partly blocked; the kitchen ceiling beams are chamfered and the roof timbers appear to have been replaced.

Listing NGR: SX2570294000