Pengelly'S Farmhouse

Pengeelly’s Farmhouse is a farmhouse, probably dating back to the 17th century, but significantly remodelled in the 19th century. It is divided into two separate occupancies. The farmhouse is constructed of whitewashed cob with a slate roof, hipped at the ends of the main range and at the end of the front right wing. There are two rear lateral stacks and a stack at the right end of the front. The 19th-century remodelling has hidden earlier details, but it is believed the original main range had a three-room and passage plan, with the two rooms on the left heated by rear lateral stacks and the right-hand room by a projecting stack. The position of the original passage could not be determined during a 1986 survey. To the right of the main range is a wing at a right angle, which may have originally been a barn (indicated by a large timber lintel on the rear wall) and has since been converted into living space. Later additions to the rear of the main range include a two-storey block running parallel (rear left), a short two-storey projection with a hipped roof (rear centre), and a lean-to (rear right), likely serving as service areas. The front facade is asymmetrical, with three windows, and features a central glazed gabled porch. The first floor has three three-light casement windows, each with three panes. Ground floor windows include a two-light, circa mid-19th century, small-pane casement with margin glazing to the left, and a two-light casement with three panes to the right. The front right wing has a 20th-century French window and small-pane casements. The interior was not thoroughly inspected, but retains 19th-century joinery; an oak screen is said to survive beneath the plaster on the right-hand wall of the left-hand room. The roof trusses are reported to have been replaced.