Description

SX 79 NW
2/257

SPREYTON
Falkedon Farmhouse (north) including garden walls adjoining to the south-east

II

Farmhouse. Mid C17 (probably earlier core), refurbished in the C18, modernised in
the early C19. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble stacks, one
still with its original granite ashlar chimneyshaft; asbestos slate roof, formerly
thatch.
Plan and development: 3-room-and-through-passage plan house facing south-east. At
the left end is the inner room. It has a gable-end stack but this might be a C19
insertion. The room was probably a dairy formerly. The hall has an axial stack
backing onto the passage. The service end room is a parlour with a projecting gable-
end stack. A kitchen block projects at right angles to rear of the inner room and
has a large gable-end stack, and a granary block projects at right angles to rear of
the service end parlour. Although only C17 and C18 features can be seen the plan of
the house suggests C16 origins as an open hall house. It is now 2 storeys
throughout.
Exterior: irregular 3-window front of mostly C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars
although there are, at the right end, C19 16-pane sashes; one to the parlour and
another to the chamber above, the lower one is taller. The passage front doorway
contains a C19 6-panel door (another similar to rear), the doorcase has panelled
pilasters and the flat hood rests on shaped brackets. The roof is gable-ended. At
the back of the granary there is an external flight of stone steps up to the first
floor doorway.
Interior: no carpentry is exposed in the service end parlour. The earliest feature
here is a C18 crockery cupboard with shaped-shelves. The fireplace here is blocked
by a C20 grate. The hall has a large granite fireplace with a soffit-chamfered and
straight cut-stopped oak lintel. The crossbeam is soffit-chamfered with step stops
(and including one pyramid stop). The inner room fireplace has a C20 grate and no
carpentry is exposed. The kitchen has suffered a fire which burnt out the fireplace
lintel and charred the crossbeam. There is a good deal of C18 joinery detail
throughout the house including 2-panel doors hung on H-hinges and cupboards with
panelled doors. Roof is inaccessible but the bases of straight principals show
suggesting A-frame trusses, probably C17 or C18.
The front garden is enclosed by a tall wall. Most of it is cob on stone rubble
footings with tile coping but the south-west side (alongside the lane) was rebuilt in
the C19 in local stone rubble.

Listing NGR: SX7062095374

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26465922

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability