Buckridge Farmhouse

SX 86 NW TORBRYAN

4/24 Buckridge Farmhouse -

• II

Farmhouse. Late C16 or C17, with later addition at rear. Stone or cob rendered to front, painted to rear. Slated roof, gabled each end. C19 rendered stack in right-hand gable; projecting stack with set-offs to rear of left-hand room. Two- room and through-passage plan (rear door converted to window), both rooms on ground storey probably heated by C17. Irregular four-window front with metal casements to all windows. Doorway off-centre to right, has C19 or C20 gabled brick porch. Secondary doorway at left-hand end. Interior: left-hand room (former hall) has chamfered ceiling-beams with mutilated stops. Fireplace in rear wall with base of slates on edge and segmental brick arch; at either side, tiny oven with rectangular stone opening. Smaller right-hand room has chamfered beams with step- stops. Gable fireplace with chamfered wood lintel. At rear a projecting rectangular stair turret, with blocked stair light. Second storey and roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX8019169186