Walts Cottage

SX 07 NW ST KEW TREWETHERN 5/232 Walts Cottage - GV II Farmhouse and adjoining cottage on left, now converted into 1 house. Farmhouse circa early C17 with cottage adjoining probably mid C19. Stone rubble with dressed granite quoins. Cement-washed scantle slate roof with gable ends to farmhouse and rag slate roof with gable ends to cottage. Stone rubble chimney stacks on gable ends of farmhouse, the left-hand stack shared by adjoining cottage. The farmhouse probably had a 2 room and through passage plan with the larger hall/kitchen on the right heated from gable end stack and parlour on the left also heated from gable end stack. The partitions have now been removed and their original positions are unclear. Small outshut extension to rear. The cottage adjoining on the left was one of a pair of 2 room double depth cottages with the entrance on the left, probably leading into a stair hall with the principal room on the front right and a small service room to rear; the partitions have now been removed; its pair on the left is in separate ownership and not included. 2 storeys asymmetrical 1:1 window front. Farmhouse on right with lower roof with C20 ground floor window on left and part-glazed C20 door in rendered C20 gabled porch to left of centre. No window opening to hall/kitchen on front right. First floor with 2-light C19 casement to left of centre. Small, probably on medieval, timber window opening with cusped head to far right directly below eaves. The opening is deeply splayed on the exterior and blocked on the interior. Rear elevation with C19 3-light casement lighting hall/kitchen on right. The cottage on the right has a 4-pane sash in the blocked entrance on the left, a small sash without glazing bars on the right and a 4-pane sash in first floor. The masonry on the rear elevation and right-hand side indicates that the cottage may have earlier origins. Interior Farmhouse on right complete with ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with bar and scroll stops. C20 chimney-piece to parlour on left and partly blocked hall/kitchen fireplace on right with evidence of slight projection for cloam oven on exterior. Circa late C19 stair. 4-bay roof structure not accessible; feet of principals boxed- in with partly halved, lapped and pegged joint to one collar just visible. Interior of cottage on left with circa C19 ceiling beams to front range and roughly chamfered ceiling beams to rear. C20 chimney-piece.

Listing NGR: SX0062976560