Pengold House And Pengold Cottage (Formerly Pengold Farmhouse)

Pengold House and Pengold Cottage

This farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, has a 17th-century core with an 18th-century wing and alterations and additions dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The building is constructed of slatestone rubble, with the eastern section rendered. The pitched roof's original thatch has been replaced with corrugated iron, and brick stacks have been rebuilt at the gable ends. The extensions have slate roofs. Windows are a mixture of 19th and 20th-century timber casements and sash windows.

The south-facing 17th-century range, with the original hall to the west, is one room deep. An 18th-century wing projects southwards from the west end. A 20th-century lean-to addition in the angle between these two sections provides an entrance lobby, and a 1930s bathroom extension extends from the west end of the building. A single-storey extension projects southwards from the east end, extended further along the east elevation, with a single-storey addition against the east end of the south elevation. The division of the building comes between the first and second windows of the three-window main range. Two yards have been formed in front of the dwellings, separated by low outbuildings and completed by rubble walls to the south.

On the exterior, the south front of the original building is largely obscured at ground-floor level by later additions. Two ground-floor windows remain visible; at first-floor level there is an enlarged window in the western part, and in the eastern part two small square openings are thought to retain their original dimensions. Windows in the main range and western wing have wooden lintels. The extension covering the western entrance has received alteration in the later 20th century. The eastern doorway is preceded by a stone porch with a lean-to slated roof, extended eastwards in the later 20th century with a flat roof above a three-light window. The two-storey 18th-century wing has one window to each storey in the southern gable end and two small ground-floor windows in the west elevation. The north elevation was originally blind, with four small windows inserted, one to the western section and three to the eastern section. The south-eastern addition appears to date from the 19th century, partly stone-built but altered, part rendered, and extended to the east.

The western part of the house contains a ground-floor room with a large fireplace featuring a chamfered bressumer. The interior of the fireplace is now pebbledashed, covering two cloam ovens. Some chamfered ceiling beams with straight-cut stops have been cut at the north end, probably to accommodate furniture. The steep stair rises to the left of the chimney, with a timber partition and a niche in the left-hand wall. The stair divides, giving access to the older part of the house to the west and the wing to the south. The upper room in the older part has a small fireplace, now adapted as a cupboard, and a blocked doorway leading to the eastern part. The lower, chamfered portions of the principal rafters are visible within the room. Above, the majority of the original sturdy roof structure remains, with principals halved and pegged at the apex, and rafters pegged to the purlins and ridge purlin. Newer timbers on top of the original structure support the corrugated iron covering. The older part retains a number of good boarded doors of 18th and 19th-century date. In the wing, the ground floor is occupied by the kitchen, where the Delabole slate floor has been lowered. Above the kitchen, the space is now divided in two, with the original pegged A-frame roof structure exposed. This area was originally accessed from the south by a ladder-stair from the kitchen. The entrance lobby is floored with slate.

In the eastern part of the house, spaces are divided by 19th-century timber screens, with an older timber stair rising to the rear and all original doors retained. The majority of the joinery is thought to date from the second part of the 19th century, probably soon after the house's division in 1860. The entrance, with a boarded door and glazed light inserted, opens into the main room which has a slated floor. A chimney-opening in the east wall has a 19th-century timber shelf fixed to the bressumer; to the right of the fireplace is an alcove with a seat incorporated. A timber partition forms a second room to the west, now with a bathroom at the western end. The former dairy to the rear contains a blocked doorway which once led to the western part of the house. Upstairs, two rooms are accessed by the stair, which divides after a short straight flight with a cupboard beneath, leading to a landing, with the rooms separated by timber partitions. In the eastern room, a fireplace is set into the side of the chimney-breast. The blocked opening to the western part is visible in the western room. In these upper rooms, the principal rafters are partly exposed and very irregular in shape; some timbers appear to be re-used. The roof has been boarded over in the 20th century. In the south-east extension, the floor is wooden and there is a modern chimney-surround.