Pillmouth Farmhouse And Attached Wall And Gateway

LANDCROSS SS42SE 7/123 Pillmouth Farmhouse 20.2.87 and attached wall and gateway (formerly listed as Pillmouth) II Farmhouse. Early C17; late C19 extension and alterations. Roughcast over coursed slatestone rubble; gabled slate roof; late C19 brick ridge stack; external end stack of rendered stone to left wing; lateral stack of rendered stone to rear right. L-plan with front left wing. 2 storeys; 3-window range front. Central 2-storey C17 porch: C18 sundial above early C17 doorway which has moulded stone architrave with leaf spandrels to arched head; inside porch is C17 studded door with Norfolk latch set in moulded wood architrave with urn stops. Flat rendered arches over late C19 two and 3-light transomed casements, with glazing bars to upper lights. Wing attached at right angles to left end of front has 2-storey, 3-window range front with C20 door and C20 and late C19 (first-floor) 2-light casements. Left side wall has late C19 and C20 porches and late C19 casements; late C19 extension to rear left; right gable end has label mould over early C17 four-light window with cavetto-moulded mullions and ovolo-moulded frame. Interior: early C17 doorways with cyma-moulded architraves flank passage from porch to late C19 staircase; room to ground-floor right has flat stone arch over early C17 open fireplace, and neo-classical style plaster frieze. Attics and wing to left not inspected. Subsidiary features: attached to rear left corner is an L-shaped wall of stone and cob and a C19 gateway, which has a Welsh slate roof, reset early C17 mouldings to jambs, and a C17 panelled and studded door set in a ovolo-moulded wood architrave.

Listing NGR: SS4629824421