Combestone

This is a farmhouse, likely dating to the 16th century, which was remodelled in the 18th century and with an 18th-century rear outshut added. It is constructed of granite rubble, with rendering on the rear and upper north-west section. The roof is corrugated asbestos, gabled at the north-west end and hipped to the south-east. There are axial stacks, one at the lower end of the hall and another in the higher gable end, both built of rendered granite with weathered tops. The original plan was probably a three-room and cross passage layout; the lower end room, possibly originally a shippen, was entirely rebuilt and reduced in length during the 18th century. The house now has a three-room plan, consisting of a hall heated by an axial stack backing onto the former passage, an inner room which was likely originally unheated, and a late 18th-century addition with direct entrances to the front and end. The 18th-century work also included the addition of a rear outshut for small service rooms and a raising of the eaves. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a regular three-window front. Most windows are 19th-century two-light casements, except for the three-light window at the centre of the ground floor in the hall, which is of the 18th century with flat-topped stone arches. A granite dripstone remains above the hall window, suggesting a previous window. A doorway is on the right side, leading into the lower room, it features a concrete lintel and a 20th-century plank door. The original doorway to the passage was lost when the lower end was rebuilt. The rear outshut has a corrugated iron catslide roof. Inside, the hall fireplace has unchamfered monolithic granite jambs and a granite lintel, partially concealed by a later fascia. Located behind the stack is an oven projection that blocks the original passage’s front door. A section of the old rear wall suggests that there was no passage rear doorway. A recess to the side of the fireplace in the front wall of the hall has a slightly chamfered, cambered granite lintel. The partition separating the hall's stud and plaster walls from the inner room has a 20th-century wide arched opening. The inner room has a brick arch over its fireplace and granite rubble jambs. The roof features softwood trusses halved and side-pegged. The axial stack in the hall has granite weathering at a lower level than the current roofline.