Description

ST STEPHENS BY HIGHER TRUSCOTT
SX 38 NW LAUNCESTON
9/151 Farmhouse on south side of Higher
Truscott
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GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C18. Rendered and painted stone rubble. Rag slate roof with
half-hipped end on left and gable end on right. Stone rubble end stack on right and
axial stack to left of centre with rendered brick shaft.
Plan: Probably 3-room and cross or through passage plan with ground sloping down to
left. The lower end to left appears to have been originally unheated and partly used
as a barn. Entrance to right of centre flanked by the 2 principal rooms heated by end
stack (on right) and axial stack (on left).
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front with the windows disposed to the
right. C19 casements on front elevation with timber lintels. C20 door to right of
centre flanked by 2-light casement to right and 3-light casement to left. Shuttered
unglazed opening beyond to left. First floor has three 2-light casements, disposed
to right above the ground floor openings.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3017885661

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454500

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)