Hurden Farmhouse And Garden Wall To Front

ALTARNUN SX 28 SW 4/15 Hurden Farmhouse and garden wall - to front

GV II

Farmhouse and garden wall to front. Circa early C17 origins extended in circa mid C19. Stone rubble, partly rendered and slate hung with granite dressings. Slate roof with hipped ends. Stone rubble and brick shaft to axial stack and to end stack on left. Brick shaft to rear lateral stack. Plan: Double depth plan. The original house was probably of three room and through passage plan with the lower end on left and with a two storey porch to left of centre. The lower end heated by an end stack, the hall by an axial stack in the cross wall between the hall and inner room and the inner room unheated and used as a dairy. In the circa mid C19 the house was extended across the rear with a stair to the rear of the passage and service rooms to the rear of the lower end, hall and inner room. Exterior: Two storeys. Entrance to left of centre; two storey porch, the ground floor with a basket arch with curved diagonal stops and a plank door. C19 2-light casement in 2-light mullion window frame above. To left, C20 PVC windows on ground and first floor. To right C20 PVC window and C20 window with C20 PVC window and C19 2-light casement above. The lintels above the ground floor windows are joined to form a granite string band. There is a C19 porch on the lower, left hand end. To front and left hand side of house is a garden wall, of stone rubble with granite coping. Interior: Inner entrance within porch has a chamfered granite 4-centred arch with curved diagonal stops. Passage with stair to rear. Large granite fireplace in hall, partly blocked by later surround. C19 and C20 ceiling beams. Only hall, kitchen and passage inspected.

Listing NGR: SX2107982536