Loosebeare Farmhouse Including Garden Walls And Gates Adjoining To South

Farmhouse. Likely dating from the 17th century or earlier, it was enlarged and rearranged in the early 19th century. The rear block is built of plastered cob on rubble footings, while the front block is of plastered stone rubble; stone rubble stacks are topped with 19th-century brick, and the roofs are slate. The house consists of two parallel ranges connected by a narrow wing. The rear block appears to be the original farmhouse, featuring a four-room layout and a central axial stack. In the early 19th century, this section was converted into service rooms, and a new front block was constructed approximately 2 meters in front of the older block, incorporating the left end. This front block has a two-room plan, including a central entrance hall and staircase, and end stacks. Both blocks are two stories high, but the newer block is taller.

The main front (the early 19th-century block) has a symmetrical three-window facade with a central doorway. The outer windows are 16-pane sashes, and the central first-floor window is a 12-pane sash. An original 6-panel door is now located behind a later 19th- to early 20th-century gabled porch with a glass roof and walls. The eaves are supported by pairs of shaped brackets, and the roof is gable-ended. The end walls feature two windows each; the front windows are blind, while the rear windows are 16-pane sashes. A narrow connecting wing contains a secondary doorway. The projecting right (east) side of the rear block contains a 19th-century three-light casement window with glazing bars on each floor. 19th and 20th-century casements are on the rear elevation. The rear block roof is half-hipped to the right and gable-ended to the left.

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey, but the front block is said to contain early 19th-century joinery detail, and exposed beams are present in the rear block. The front garden is enclosed by low stone rubble walls, incorporating a pair of square-section granite gate posts with ball caps. A wrought iron gate has closely-spaced lower rails that curve at lockbar level to form an intersecting arcade. The upper section is filled with intersecting semi-circles, some with fleur-de-lys finials, and the top has a bifurcated scroll. The gate and walls are likely contemporary with the early 19th-century construction.