Trobus Farmhouse

SW 85 SE, 1/26

LADOCK, Trobus Farmhouse

Il

Farmhouse. Date stone in gable 1849. Wing C18 or earlier. Granite, shale rubble and cob with scantle slate roofs. L-shaped with stair turret in angle, lean-to at end adjoining outshut to rear wing. Symmetrical 2-storey south front of three windows. Central door, all openings slightly arched with granite voussoirs and projecting keystones. 16-paned sashes without horns. Granite gable chimneys with moulded drip courses. Wing is cob with slate hanging to first floor of west wall and part of gable end. 16-paned sashes two windows long, entrance through outshut in east wall. Projecting gable breast has plaster panel. Stair turret has semi-circular headed arched window with interlaced glazing bars. INTERIOR: main 1849 to stair in turret has wreathed newel and square balusters; second stair in wing is mid-C19; granite flagged floor to front part; several C18 2-panelled doors with HL hinges survive in wing with blocked bread oven at north end. 1849 date stone has JHR for John Huddy Retallick. Near curved end of granite coped westward projecting garden wall is stone with DH 1816 and another with DH 1827 in 1980's farm building both to Daniel Huddy. Information on names supplied by occupier.

Listing NGR: SW8864850364