Church Cottage And Wynwallow Cottage, And Church Town Farmhouse

Church Cottage and Wynwallow Cottage, and Church Town Farmhouse comprise a historic farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, alongside a later farmhouse. The main section dates to the 17th century. It is built with a whitewashed stone base, with upper walls of whitewashed stone and plastered cob, and has a stone east gable end. Timber lintels and slate sills are visible, and the roof is thatched. A large stone chimney stack stands on the east gable end, with a brick chimney on the ridge towards the right-hand side. The original layout was of three units, incorporating a cross passage and a projecting staircase bay to the front. Later extensions have been added to the rear, along with single-storey additions on the east, originally with a steeply pitched roof, now low pitched. The building has one-and-a-half storeys, featuring two horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars flanking a partly glazed entrance door from the 19th century. A staircase projection on the right (west) has a small window. A further small horizontal sliding sash window with glazing bars is located to the left of a second entrance door. The first floor has five horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars, set directly below the eaves. The left-hand fireplace on the east side is partly blocked by a Cornish range, with the end of a cut timber lintel remaining visible within the "fringle" (smoking chamber). A proportion of the first-floor joists have been replaced, and the roof is a collar rafter structure, with timbers pegged at the apex. Adjacent to the rear is a dwelling that is now a hen house; this section may predate 1700, featuring an unplastered cob structure with a slate roof, and a ground floor window opening enlarged to form an entrance. First-floor joists and roof timbers have been replaced here. Attached to the right-hand side of Wynwallow Cottage is Church Town Farmhouse, dating to the mid-19th century. It is a two-storey symmetrical building, rendered with a slate roof and rendered gable end chimneys. It features two 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor, a round-headed central entrance, and three sash windows (also 12-pane) above. A wing projecting at right angles to the rear, dating to the 18th century, is constructed with a whitewashed stone base and upper cob walls, and is asymmetrical with later extensions and altered windows. The corrugated roof replaced thatch in the 1940s. A coat of arms previously displayed on the building has been altered and is now gone. The interior of Church Town Farmhouse has not been inspected.