Pynes Including Stone Garden Walls And Gate Piers In Front House

This is a house, likely dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, and probably a remodelling of an earlier building. The exterior is constructed of roughly dressed local volcanic stone; the rear wing is colourwashed and rendered. The roof is slate, with lead rolls to the hips and ridge, and is hipped at the ends on the main range, which features brick-shafted end stacks and a rear lateral stack. A further lateral stack is present on the rear wing. The plan is unclear due to a lack of interior inspection, but the asymmetrical front elevation and entrance into a passage suggest a pre-18th century layout. The main range contains principal rooms, and a service wing adjoins at the rear right, projecting beyond the main range under a parallel roofline. The front elevation is asymmetrical, with four bays and regular fenestration, and a moulded eaves cornice. A panelled front door is situated to the right of centre, featuring a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars, pilasters, and an entablature. The front door has 12 panes, while other windows are tripartite sashes; the centre window has 12 panes, and the outer windows each have four. All windows have wide timber lintels. The right return of the main range features two 20th-century glazed doors and double-hung sashes. The front elevation of the wing includes one ground-floor and one first-floor tripartite sash, similar to those on the main range's front elevation, along with a probable 20th-century ground-floor 12-pane sash. The interior was not inspected, but may contain interesting features. The house is slightly set back from the road and has a low garden wall made of local volcanic stone, with square-section gate piers, chamfered caps, for both a path leading to the front door and a carriage entrance to the right of the house. The former gateway retains its iron overthrow. It forms a good group with other buildings in Silver Street, Thorverton, including Apple Garth and West Barton.