Penwarden

SOUTH HILL SX 37 SW and SX 36 NW 2 & 7/230 Penwarden GV II

House now empty. Datestone 1662. Stone rubble with large granite quoins. Scantle slate roof with gable end. Shallow projecting wing with gable end. Large stone rubble stack with moulded cap and slate strings on left-hand gable end. 2 brick chimney shafts on front projecting wing and in right-hand gable. L-shaped plan with dairy in angle beneath continued sloped of rear wing. Probably a 3 room and through passage plan with parlour wing at rear of higher end and with later lean-to in the angle enclosing passage rear doorway. Short wide wing added at front of higher end and hall. Lower room possibly kitchen heated by gable end stack. Hall stack probably truncated and hall heated by stack in gable end of front wing. Inner room combined to make enlarged hall. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical, 5-window front. Gabled wing projects slightly forward on right. Ground floor with 3-light granite mullion window on left with chamfered jambs, lintel cill and hoodmould. Angle entrance in angle with projecting wing. 3- centred granite chamfered arch with run-out stops. Rectangular hoodmould. Datestone 1662 spandrels. Possibly original door, double planked and studded with strap hinges. To right, 3-light mullion window with chamfered surround. First floor, with 3 late C19 2-light casements. Gable end of projecting wing possibly rebuilt. 2 large early C20 2-light casements in gable end beneath granite lintels. Rear wing probably an addition and the stone mullion windows reused from the front wall. In gable end of rear projecting wing, 4-light granite mullion window with wide central chamfered king mullion. Narrow, 3-light casements with iron stanchion bars in openings. Hoodmould. Above, 3-light granite mullion window, asymmetrically placed in gable end. Ovolo-moulded jambs. Dripmould with label stops. Right-hand slope of gable continued in catslide over circa mid C19 extension. On right-hand gable end of rear elevation, wall with banded masonry. Plank door. 2-storey barn projects forwards from wall. Stone rubble with corrugated asbestos roof with gable ends. Interior; Room on right of front elevation with fielded panels below dado. Recessed circa mid C18 cupboard with round arched head and semi-circular shaped shelves. Thorough access not permitted at time of survey, and interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3265469999