Chiverstone Farmhouse

KENTON SX 98 SW

5/198 Chiverstone Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse, part of the Powderham Estate. Circa 1830. Whitewashed rendered stone ; slate roof, 2-span to the rear, hipped at ends, and hipped at end of wing ; 2 stacks to each end, the front right stack projecting. Plan: A large rectangular main block, double depth, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance into a through passage containing the stair ; 2 principal rooms to the front, kitchen to rear right with a service stair. A wing projecting from the right end contains service rooms on the ground floor with accommodation over. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front to main block with a C19 panelled front door with an attractive C19 lattice porch with pierced Gothic spandrels ; C19 2-light casements, 3 panes per light. The right wing, set back, has a C19 2-light ground floor casement below a C20 balcony with French windows. The rear elevation also has a lattice porch to the rear door and C19 casements : the left return has one first floor C18 window, probably re-sited. Interior: C19 features survive including floor tiling to the passage ; 2 chimney- pieces, one marble, one with reeded timber jambs ; joinery including panelled shutters and a china cupboard in ground floor room left. A substantial early C19 farmhouse, group value with the Old House (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX9474983951