Clannaborugh Barton

CLANNABOROUGH SS 70 SW 2/53 Clannaborough Barton - GV II

Large house. Said to be 1801 and features are consistent with that date. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble stacks with C20 brick chimney shafts; slate roofs. Double depth plan house facing south. 4 rooms wide and flanking front rooms project forward each end. Entrance hall and rear stairs occupy full depth left of centre. Axial stack backing onto passage. Right end with axial stack and left end with outer lateral stack. Service rooms in rear wing which is listed separately. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 1:2:1 window bay front, left and right project. 20-pane (8/12) sashes to ground floor crosswings and 16-pane sashes to first floor. 2 doorways to main block are C20 French windows. The right one has C19 overlight with margin panes, and outer pair of early C19 panelled doors and panelled reveals. Flat lead-roofed 5-bay verandah across front between crosswings supported on a series of granite Doric columns and with plain entablature and granite paved floor. Projecting eaves on shaped brackets. Crosswing roofs are hipped each end. Crosswings have 2 first floor 16-pane sashes. Rear elevation includes a large round-headed sash with glazing bars to stairs. Interior includes much original plasterwork joinery and chimney-pieces. The entrance hall has 3-bay arcade of elliptical-headed arches with circular-section timber posts and open well stair has square-section newels with caps, stick balusters and shaped stair brackets. House was built for Wreford family and replaced a former mansion to north of nearby Church of St Petrock (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS7474302469