Description

LESNEWTH
SX 19 SW
2/96 South east wing of Trebiffin
Farmhouse
II
Ruins of house. Circa late C16 or early C17. Slate stone rubble. Roof, originally
with gable ends, now gone. Large stone rubble stack on right hand gable end.
Original plan uncertain. Remains of a possibly 2 room and through passage plan; the
main entrance is to the right of centre and leads directly into the right hand room,
heated by a gable end stack. Probably originally with through passage with section
of rear wall opposite entrance possibly partly rebuilt; the screen on the lower,
right hand side of the passage removed and the stone rubble cross wall on the left
with a blocked door opening. Separate entrance to left hand room inserted in front
elevation. Straight joint to left possibly indicating enlargement of left hand room.

Originally 2 storeys with low first floor. Wooden frame to door opening on left and
granite 4-centred arch to right of centre with chamfer and diagonal stops. Remains
of window opening to right. Row of pigeon holes in left hand gable end.

Interior Right hand room has large granite fireplace with hollow chamfered lintel
and ogee stops and hollow chamfered jambs. Cloam oven. Remains of fireplace to
solar above with unmoulded granite lintel.
Probable later rear wing now Trebiffin Farmhouse restored in late C20 and not
included. Interesting one-light stone window possibly reset in outbuilding to south-
west.

Listing NGR: SX1220690651

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26436276

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)