Penwenham Farmhouse

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WARBSTOW Penwenham Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. 1878 (datestone) built for the Drake family by Launceston architect Charles Pearse Wise (1829-1901). Rendered stone rubble. Rag slate hipped roof with paired brackets to eaves soffit. Brick axial stacks.

Plan: Double depth plan with central entrance, the two principal rooms at front and service rooms to rear. Contemporary or slightly later service wing of one-room plan on right hand side.

Exterior: Two storeys. Symmetrical two-window front. The openings on the front, rear and side elevations are ornately decorated with carved or moulded sheeps heads, Prince of Wales feathers, sheaves of corn and cornucopia with swags and with large keyblockes above. C19 sashes with margin glazing bars. Segmental arches windows on the ground and centre of first floor of front elevation, and C19 lean-to porch with round-head doorway and side windows with continuous impost band;, the roof of the porch remodelled in the C20; C19 panelled door.

Interior: not inspected.

Close to site of earlier house with much dressed granite in the garden.

Listing NGR: SX1837790156