Description

LANDRAKE WITH ST ERNEY
SX 35 NE ST ERNEY

5/33 St Erney House

GV II

House. Late C18, with additions and alterations of C19 and C20. Slatestone rubble
with some granite and greenstone, partly cob, partly rendered. 2-span roof with
front slope in C20 slates, rear slope in asbestos slate, gable ends with gable end
stack with rendered shafts to front range; ridge tiles.
Plan : central entrance to double depth plan, originally with principal room to front
left and right, with kitchen to rear left and unheated dairy to rear right, central
passage with stair to rear. The kitchen in the rear left room was removed and made
into one large room; rear kitchen wing to left, with apple loft attached to rear and
scullery attached to rear left.
Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window range. Ground floor has central panelled
and glazed door, portico with slender granite columns supporting a canopy in the form
of an entablature with moulded cornice. 3-light casement to left and 2-light
casement to right, three 2-light casements at first floor, all C20. Left side
rendered, with external stack to front range; conservatory attached to left entered
from inner half-glazed door with sidelights. First floor has C19 12-pane sash to
left, C20 3-pane light to right. Projecting to left, the wash house, with single
storey privy to end left; over the single storey range, slate roof with one hand made
ridge tile remaining; rear wall of the wash house in rendered cob. At the right
side, front and rear ranges rendered and lined out. Single storey C20 addition;
first floor to right an C18 2-light casement with leaded lights. Rear rendered and
lined out. To left, ground floor 3-light casement lighting dairy, attached at base
of wall a granite pig-salting trough with heavy slate lid. At first floor, 2 C20 2-
light casements. Brick stack rising from eaves to right heating original rear
kitchen. To rear centre, 2-storey kitchen wing of mid C19, with gable end stack; to
the left side 4-panelled door and C20 casement, at first floor 2 C19 2-light
casements. Gable end has external stone stair to the apple-loft, which is a 2-storey
lean-to in roughly coursed rubble, with 2 ventilation slits at ground and first
floor, and door at top of stair. Curved oven at base of the kitchen stack, concealed
by apple loft. To right the 2-storey wash house, with door and 2-light casement at
ground floor, 2-light casement at first floor. Single storey shed to right with
privy at end.
Interior: In the front entrance hall, 6-panelled door to right and left. Room to
right has marble chimneypiece, and cupboard with shaped shelves. Room to left has
Delft tiles around the door to the conservatory. Straight stair to rear of passage
with stick balusters and column newel at first floor. Dairy to rear right has slate
floor and slate shelves. First floor front rooms have 4-panelled doors and C19 cast
iron grates to fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SX3710359088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597934

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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