Peamore Cottage And Adjoining Garden Wall

A house and adjoining garden wall, dating to approximately the late 18th and early 19th century. The house is constructed of breccia rubble with slate roofs, with gables at each end. Brick shafts are present on the end stacks, with additional stacks to the north west and east ranges. It features a courtyard plan with four ranges surrounding an enclosed, pitched stone courtyard, including a water pump and stone trough. An entrance archway leads into the courtyard from the west range.

The main south range is single-depth with heated rooms on either side of a central passage, and a stair adjacent to the passage. A single-room plan wing, part of the east range and likely the original kitchen, has a projecting end stack. This wing was extended to connect with the north range, now used as flats, which may have originally been an unheated service range or outbuildings; the west end stack of the north range is likely a later addition. The west range contains accommodation and an archway leading into the courtyard.

The south range is two storeys and an attic. The south elevation is symmetrical, with three bays, coped gables, and two attic dormers. A wide central doorway is partly boarded with a 20th-century front door, which leads to a passage. The ground floor windows are 3-light with 12 panes per light, while the first-floor windows are similar with 6 panes per light. A 2-light casement above the front door has a rectangular opening, keystone, and 6 panes. Ornamental pitched stones in front of the range are inscribed with the date 1839. The rear right wing (part of the east range) also has a coped gable and window embrasures with keystones. The west range has a large flat-arched doorway with a keystone and voussoirs leading into the courtyard, and a 4-light casement above with a cambered arch, keystone, and 10 panes.

The interior of the south range includes a stair with stick balusters and a turned newel post. A tall rendered cob garden wall with a slate capping encloses the garden to the south west and contributes significantly to the setting of the house.

This is a picturesque group of buildings featuring notable subsidiary details, of group value.