Pethins And Garden Wall To Front

A house and garden wall, probably dating from the mid-17th century with alterations in the early 18th century. The house is constructed of stone rubble, with asbestos slates on the front and left-hand elevations. It has a steeply pitched slate roof coated with bitumen, hipped ends, and a hipped end to a stair projection at the rear. Stone rubble end stacks have brick shafts. The original plan comprised two rooms and a cross passage, with a dog-leg staircase to the rear. In the 18th century, the left-hand room was partitioned into a front parlour and a narrow dairy. The house is two storeys and an attic, with a symmetrical three-window front. A central 20th-century door is set within a 20th-century open porch with a hipped slate roof. There are 19th-century 2-light casement windows on either side and three 2-light casements on the first floor, some of which have been replaced in the 20th century, replicating earlier designs. The rear elevation features the stair projection rising above the eaves. A stone rubble garden wall runs along the front, with granite coping. Although rebuilt in the 20th century, the wall retains an 19th-century iron gate on the right and remains of 19th-century iron railings. Inside, the wide cross passage leads into a right-hand room that has heavy, deeply chamfered beams with straight cut stops, indicating it was originally a single-depth plan. In the left-hand room, these beams are boxed in. The fireplaces have been blocked by a 20th-century grate and a Rayburn stove. A late 17th or early 18th-century dog-leg staircase has a central timber newel rising to the attic for added strength. The balusters are heavily turned and vary in design between stages; some first-stage balusters have been removed. The newels feature small flat bun finials. The doors are a mix of 19th and 20th-century styles on the ground and first floors, with simple plank doors in the attic. The roof retains its 18th-century structure. Group Value: The building’s significance is enhanced by its garden wall and gate.