Mount Prickle Mine Cottage At Sw 793438 Se

KENWYN SW 74 SE 5/176 Mount Prickle Mine Cottage at - SW 793438 SE II Small house. C18. Painted killas rubble and cob walls wooden lintels and slate sills. Steep corrugated iron roof, formerly thatched with brick chimneys over gable ends. Right-hand chimney is over large external tapered rubble breast. Plan of 2 rooms originally flanking through passage with small larder or fuel store attached to rear of right-hand room under integral outshut. Partition to right of passage now removed making larger room but may never have existed. Further service room added circa late C19 early C20 to rear of left-hand room and under low-pitched lean-to roof. 2 storeys with first floor partly in roof space. Nearly symmetrical 2-window south east front with first floor windows closer together. Central doorway with 4-panel door later glazed to top panels. Deep lean-to open-fronted porch with very thick unpierced rubble side walls. Window openings are small with circa late C19 4-pane 2- light casements. Interior is little altered with original floors, roof structure, pine muntin and plank partitions, window seats, simple stair and large partly blocked hearth in right-hand room. A rare survival in this area of a small C18 house little altered since the C19.

Listing NGR: SW7933343868