Foredown Farmhouse

SX 86 NE KINGSKERSWELL GREENHILL ROAD, (west side), Kingskerswell 3/170 Foredown Farmhouse - 21.6.77 - II Farmhouse. C17 or earlier re-fronted and re-modelled internally in C18 with C19 and C20 rear extensions, modernised internally in C20. Rendered rubble walls. Slate roof gabled to left, half hipped to right. 2 rendered rubble stacks, one lateral at rear and one projecting at left gable end. Rendered brick lateral stack at rear. Originally 3-room and through-passage plan with rear lateral stack to hall and gable stack to left-hand room; position of passage unclear due to C18 remodelling of interior and C20 modernisation. At present 3 rooms with C19/C20 extensions along rear wall. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, 4 on ground floor. First floor left and left of centre windows and ground floor left are 3-light C20 casements with glazing bars. The other windows are circa mid C20 metal frame casements with small panes; that on ground floor left of centre may originally have been a doorway, the others have possibly C18 wooden architraves with beaded edges. Door to right of centre is probably C18 6-panel, top 2 fielded middle 2 glazed. Flat doorhood is supported on carved wooden brackets and has moulded cornice. Moulded and modillion cornice under eaves. At rear is probably C19 wing to left and C19/C20 outshuts to right. Interior: few original or C18 features are visible on the ground floor although some are likely to be concealed.

Listing NGR: SX8747067752