De Lank Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dating from the late 16th century, possibly with earlier origins. The building was extended in the mid to late 19th century for W H Pole-Carew of Anthony.

The earlier range is constructed of local stone and granite rubble with dressed granite quoins, under a slate roof with gable ends. A granite parapet coping sits on the left-hand gable end. The ashlar granite end stacks have moulded granite caps. A parallel range to the rear, added later, is built of snecked and ashlar granite beneath a higher slate roof with gable ends and ashlar granite end stacks.

The earlier range follows a 2-room-and-through-passage plan, built along a slope with the ground gently descending to the left. The lower left-hand room is the larger of the two and is heated by an end stack. It contains what may be the remains of a stair turret in a cupboard towards the higher end of the room. The higher right-hand room is heated by a rear lateral stack, the shaft now removed, and originally contained a newel stair, since removed. The passage is flanked by thick walls, with the right-hand wall on the higher side continuing up to the roof apex. The chamber above the right-hand room was originally heated by a late 16th-century gable end stack, though the fireplace is now blocked. The roof structure was not accessible at the time of survey in 1986, though the trusses above the left-hand room appear to have been replaced in the 19th century. A parallel range was added to the rear in the late 19th century with a 2-room-and-central-entrance plan, heated by end stacks, featuring a wide central entrance hall.

Exterior: The building has two storeys. The earlier range has an asymmetrical 3-window front with the entrance to the right of centre. To the left, two 1-light windows with chamfered granite surrounds flank a 3-light mullion window with hoodmould. A late 19th-century ashlar granite porch has a square-headed chamfered granite inner doorframe. To the right is a small 2-light mullion window and a 3-light mullion window with hoodmould. Three gabled dormers on the first floor have chamfered granite surrounds to 2-light mullion windows, the central mullion removed in each case. The rear elevation of the late 19th-century range displays a regular 3-window front with two wide 3-light casements with granite surrounds and a central gabled porch with a plank door. Three gabled half-dormers sit on the first floor.

Interior: The earlier range has chamfered granite doorframes with diagonal stops leading into the right and left-hand rooms, and a chamfered granite segmental arched doorframe with hoodmould to the original rear door. Wavy chamfered ceiling beams with straight-cut stops appear in the lower left-hand room and passage; the right-hand room has a plaster ceiling. The end fireplace on the left features a segmental granite arch with hollow chamfered jambs. The rear lateral fireplace on the right has a chamfered granite lintel and jambs with diagonal stops and the remains of a cloam oven. A chamfered granite square-headed doorframe with diagonal stops leads to a probable earlier stair projection to the rear of the left-hand room. The first-floor chamber fireplace above the right-hand room is blocked. The roof structure was not accessible at survey.