Description

SANCREED SELLAN
SW 42 NW
5/304 Great Sellan Farmhouse
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II
Farmhouse. Circa early-mid C19. Coursed granite front with granite dressings,
otherwise granite rubble with granite dressings. Grouted scantle slate-roofs. ½-
hipped roof over house with left-hand hip replaced with asbestos slate. Original
brick chimney with cogged cornice over right-hand side, C20 chimney over left-hand
side and tall C20 chimney at far left over gable end of adjoining wing.
Plan: Double depth plan house plus 1-room plan service wing or cottage set back on
the left with outshut at its rear. House has 2 rooms at the front, probably
kitchen/living room on the left and parlour on the right flanking an entrance
hall/cross passage leading to stair hall between 2 service rooms.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical south-south-east front with doorway (right
of middle) central to fenestration. Original openings. Probably original panelled
door boarded over with original 4-pane overlight with wide panes. Circa late C19 or
C20 horned sashes: 4-pane sashes except for 6-pane sash in slightly wider opening
left of doorway. Rear has original openings: original ledged door; circa late C19
horned sashes except for probably original 15-pane fixed-light stair window and upper
6-pane light of hornless sash on the left.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW4268429951

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