Gadles Farmhouse

SW 73 NE ST GLUVIAS

1/101 Gadles Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. C18, remodelled circa early C19. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Slurried scantle slate roof with brick chimneys over the gable ends. Right-hand chimney is over a large external rubble chimney breast. Plan: Double-depth plan: 2 rooms at the front (parlour on the left, kitchen on the right) flanking an entrance hall leading to stair hall between former dairy (now kitchen) on the left and back kitchen on the right. Circa early-C19 lean-to on the left, later-C19 porch at the rear and wall with observation or ventilation slits adjoining the rear left-hand corner. Exterior: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window front with doorway and window over, slightly left of middle. Original or circa early C19 doorway and window openings. Circa early C19 6-panel door with top 4 panels later glazed. C19 wooden porch with arched doorway to the front and quatrefoils in the frieze. Circa early C19 16-pane hornless sashes except for C20 window over doorway and circa early-Cl9 12-pane sash to front of lean-to (on the left). Rear is unaltered since the C19. Stair window has C18 upper light with thick glazing bars. Interior: Circa early C19 carpentry and joinery details including: dog-leg stair with stick balusters and moulded handrail over a turned newel; a tall narrow settle in the back kitchen and window shutters in the front rooms. Back kitchen has a furze cupboard (partly blocked) and a blocked oven on the right of its fireplace.

Listing NGR: SW7625436493