Lower Hellingtown Farmhouse

SX 56 NW 4/32

BUCKLAND MONACHORUM Lower Hellingtown Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C17, considerably altered in the C19 with C19 addition. Stone rubble walls, partially rendered, slate hung at the front. Gable ended slate roof. 2 rubble gable end stacks with brick shafts. Rendered rubble rear lateral stack. Original plan obscured by later alterations, likely originally to have been 2-room and through-passage with both rooms heated by gable end stack. Probably in mid C19 heated rear kitchen wing added behind right-hand and passage enlarged at right-hand side to former larger stair hall. Outshut added probably in later C19 behind left- hand room and parallel to rear wing. 2 storeys. Regular 3-window front, openings disposed to the left. First floor left-hand window is early C19 16-pane hornless sash, others are similar but with horns, probably C20 facsimiles. 1st floor centre window has 12-panes. At centre on ground floor is gabled porch probably C19 re-using C17 segmental-headed chamfered granite doorway. Probably early C20 11-panelled door behind. Outshut at rear of left-hand room re-uses a single light moulded granite framed window. Rear wing adjoins to the left with outshut abutting it to the left. At right-hand gable end of house on ground floor is single square-headed granite-framed light probably restored. Interior: the 2 gable end fireplaces are granite framed but probably reconstructed, from undressed pieces of stone.

Listing NGR: SX5031766422