Pound Farmhouse

SOUTH POOL SOUTH POOL VILLAGE SX 74 SE 6/149 Pound Farmhouse

G.V. II

Farmhouse Circa mid C18 extended in C19 and altered in C20. Slatestone rubble walls. Hipped asbestos slate roof. Rendered brick axial stack. Projecting rubble lateral stack at side of rear wing. Plan L-shaped plan, front range is the original one and was formerly of 4-room plan with baffle entrance in front of central axial stack which heats room to either side. Beyond these 2 rooms was a narrow outer service room at each end from which the partitions have now been removed. Behind the right-hand end is a C19 wing added probably as a kitchen. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2-window front, 3 below. On 1st floor are C18 horizontal sliding sashes with 20-pane C19 sashes below. Very small light at right-hand end. The 2 main ground floor windows have dressed stone voussoirs over them. C19 plank door at centre under slate hood. Wing extending behind right-hand end. Interior: contains few original features. The open fireplaces may not survive in exactly their original form; the left-hand one has a low slate slab lintel, the other has dressed stone jambs and a cambered wooden lintel.

Listing NGR: SX7761540086