Description

ST HILARY
SW 53 SE
2/126 Higher Colenso Old Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. C18 remodelling of an older house. Painted rubble walls. Slurried
scantle slate roof (formerly thatched) brick chimneys over the gable end and over
thick rubble stack of the back kitchen (rear left).
Plan: gable ends survive from possibly pre-C18 plan. In the C18 : 2 rooms at the
front with cross passage between and outshut behind the right hand room with stair at
the rear of the passage within the outshut and approached from the outshut. Circa
late C18 or early C19 another similar outshut was added behind the left hand room to
provide a back kitchen.
Exterior : 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3 window south front with central doorway.
C19 6-panel door and 4-pane horned sashes.
Interior is virtually unaltered since the C18: original floors carried on bowtell-
moulded beams, original softwood muntin and plank partitions and 2 panel doors.
Large fireplace possibly with blocked oven and with copper on the right in back
kitchen. Roof structure circa late C19 when slate replaced thatch and the pitch was
reduced.

Listing NGR: SW5653830202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26436600

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings