Description

SE 54 NE
1/46

BERRYNARBOR
CASTLE HILL (south side),
Berrynarbor
Hammonds Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse. C17. Whitewashed stone rubble. Asbestos slate roof, gable end to left,
hipped at right end. Tall front lateral stone rubble hall stack and stone rubble
stack at left gable end, both with tapered caps and drips. Slate-hung gable end to
rear wing.
Overall integral L-shaped plan, with probable heated parlour to left and hall to
right of through passage to front range. Stairs immediately to rear of hall in
service wing which projects at right angles to rear right end of front range. Only
the upper floor of this rear wing was heated, but the shaft of the shallow
projecting stack has been demolished. An additional unheated service room with
granary over extends from left gable end of main range.
2 storeys. 4-window range. 2 C20 2-light casements, 2 panes per light to left, 2
horizontal sliding sashes, 8 panes per sash to right. Ground floor has 2 similar
horizontal sliding sashes flanking hall stack projection with projecting stone
rubble porch to left which has lean-to fishscale-patterned slate roof and 4-panelled
door, the upper panels glazed. Granary range at left end has stone steps leading to
plank door to the gable end, and a 2-light casement 2 panes per light to left of
plank door to front. Lean-to with corrugated asbestos roof at right end of main
range.
Interior. Hall has scroll-stopped chamfered axial beam, and boxed in bressumer
above original fireplace concealed by C20 chimneypiece. Solid stone rubble
partition between hall and through-passage, but this does not rise to apex of roof.
3 C17 trusses to main range, single truss to rear wing with pegged lapped collars
and purlins resting on backs of principals. No sign of smoke-blackening.

Listing NGR: SS5643046571

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400628

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