Description

ALTARNUN
SX 28 SW
4/15 Hurden Farmhouse and garden wall
- to front

GV II

Farmhouse and garden wall to front. Circa early C17 origins extended in circa mid
C19. Stone rubble, partly rendered and slate hung with granite dressings. Slate
roof with hipped ends. Stone rubble and brick shaft to axial stack and to end stack
on left. Brick shaft to rear lateral stack.
Plan: Double depth plan. The original house was probably of three room and through
passage plan with the lower end on left and with a two storey porch to left of
centre. The lower end heated by an end stack, the hall by an axial stack in the
cross wall between the hall and inner room and the inner room unheated and used as a
dairy. In the circa mid C19 the house was extended across the rear with a stair to
the rear of the passage and service rooms to the rear of the lower end, hall and
inner room.
Exterior: Two storeys. Entrance to left of centre; two storey porch, the ground
floor with a basket arch with curved diagonal stops and a plank door. C19 2-light
casement in 2-light mullion window frame above. To left, C20 PVC windows on ground
and first floor. To right C20 PVC window and C20 window with C20 PVC window and C19
2-light casement above. The lintels above the ground floor windows are joined to
form a granite string band. There is a C19 porch on the lower, left hand end.
To front and left hand side of house is a garden wall, of stone rubble with granite
coping.
Interior: Inner entrance within porch has a chamfered granite 4-centred arch with
curved diagonal stops. Passage with stair to rear. Large granite fireplace in hall,
partly blocked by later surround. C19 and C20 ceiling beams. Only hall, kitchen and
passage inspected.

Listing NGR: SX2107982536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431078

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)