Penwenham Farmhouse

Penwenham Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1878, as indicated by a datestone, for the Drake family by the Launceston architect Charles Pearse Wise. The structure is made of rendered stone rubble and features a rag slate hipped roof with paired brackets at the eaves. It has brick axial stacks.

The farmhouse has a double depth plan with a central entrance, where the two main rooms are located at the front and the service rooms are at the rear. There is a contemporary or slightly later service wing of one-room plan on the right side.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a symmetrical two-window front. The openings on the front, rear, and side elevations are ornately decorated with carved or moulded sheep heads, Prince of Wales feathers, sheaves of corn, and cornucopia with swags, all topped with large keyblocks. The windows are 19th-century sashes with margin glazing bars, featuring segmental arches on the ground floor and the centre of the first floor of the front elevation. There is also a 19th-century lean-to porch with a round-headed doorway and side windows, which has a continuous impost band; the roof of the porch was remodelled in the 20th century, and it includes a 19th-century panelled door.

The farmhouse is located close to the site of an earlier house, with much dressed granite found in the garden.