Larkbeare House

TALATON LARKBEARE SY 09 NE 6/170 Larkbeare House 22.2.55 - II

House. Early C18, (the owner reckons it dates from 1750), modernised in the early C19. Flemish bond brick, whitewashed front and back; brick stacks and chimneyshafts; slate roof. Plan: double depth plan house facing south. There is a front and back room either side of a large central entrance hall and rear staircase. The front rooms are the principal room, the rear ones the service rooms. All the rooms are heated by gable- end stacks. 2 storeys with attics and a cellar under the west end. Exterior: symmetrical 2:3:2 window front of early C19 and C20 replacement 12-pane sashes with timber architraves. The central 3-window section breaks forward very slightly and there are brick quoins on the corners (there are similar brick quoins each end). Central doorway contains a C20 door but the overlight and doorcase are early C19. Flat band projects at eaves level and above is a plain parapet. The 3 gabled dormers contain C20 horned 6-pane sashes. The main roof is gable-ended. Rear elevation has an irregular 4-window front containing a variety of windows including several early C18 flat-faced mullion-and-transom windows most of which contain rectangular panes of leaded glass; the stair window is very large. Alongside the stair window there is an early C18 12-pane sash with flat glazing bars. Interior: is largely the result of the early C19 modernisation and most of the joinery and other detail dates from then. The open well staircase however is early C18; it has a closed string, square newel posts, moulded flat handrail and turned balusters. Although the owner reckons that the house dates from 1750 the original detail looks earlier than that.

Listing NGR: SY0704297598