East Pilliven Farmhouse And Outbuilding

WITHERIDGE PILLIVEN LANE SS 81 NW 5/89 East Pilliven Farmhouse and outbuilding 20.2.67 - II* Farmhouse. C13 or C14, substantially altered C17 and again much altered circa 1980. Rubble, concrete tile roof to gable ends, 2 stacks with brick shafts. Plan and development: Medieval open hall house, open from end to end, probably flanked by 2 other rooms. In the C16 a fireplace and chimney were added backing onto a through passage to left (lower room to extreme left), a floor was also inserted at this time. The inner room to right was at the same time extended to the north, unheated. Kitchen to left with gable end fireplace, this fireplace probably also inserted in the C16, further service room to extreme left. Inner room with cross-wing built inserted at right angles, probably C17, always an outbuilding. Exterior: 2 storeys, no early features remain outside and it is very doubtful that many openings remain in their original positions. C20 concrete mullioned windows. C20 doors. Interior: smoke-blackened roof over hall largely complete. One true cruck truss with massive square section principals with a yoke at the apex, mortised to the principals which carries a massive square-set ridge piece. The slightly cranked collar is halved and pegged into the principals, braces lap-jointed to the collar and the principal; the moulded decoration on the soffit of the principals at wall-plate level like a capital. Massive purlins trenched to the back of the principals. Most rafters complete, pegged at the apex supporting a wattle mat instead of battens to support the thatch. Wattle mat complete with smoke blackening. The roof over the lower end was entirely replaced in 1978. Hall fireplace with unchamfered wooden bressumer extending to the outer wall. Other interior features renewed or replaced. Source: Trans.Dev.Assoc., N Alcock

Listing NGR: SS8236415168