Description

SW 72 NW WENDRON

8/344 Ninnis Farmhouse including front
- garden walls

II

Farmhouse and adjoining former cottage including garden walls at the front. C17, or
early C18, remodelled in the C18, extended circa late C18 or early C19. House has
granite rubble to ground floor walls, granite ashlar to first floor of front and to
upper part of gable ends; cottage is granite rubble with granite moorstone. House has
granite ashlar chimneys, over the gable ends and there are granite kneeler stones,
and coping stones under the slates at the front. Tall brick chimney over rear wall.
Cottage has tall rubble stack over the front gable end. Grouted scantle slate roofs.
Plan: Originally a 2-room-plan house plus a 1-room plan house or bakehouse adjoining
at right angles in front of the left-hand corner. At some time in the C18, the house
was rebuilt to the upper floor with granite ashlar, or possibly this was an original
feature. Circa late C18 or early C19 outshuts were added to provide service rooms at
the rear of the house possibly incorporating older walls.
Exterior: 2 storeys. House has nearly symmetrical 3 window south front with doorway
and window over slighly left of middle. C20 glazed door and C20 16-pane horned
sashes in C18 openings. Cottage front wall (on its right) has window probably in
former doorway opening and present doorway is into rear gable end (probably a C19
alteration).
Interior: House has granite flagged floors in part of the house; cottage has an
irregular granite floor and large fireplace with granite domed oven. C19 roof
structures.
Garden wall adjoining in front of the right-hand side of the house has C17 dressed
granite doorway with granite monolithic jambs and segmental, nearly round-headed
arched head. Square-edged granite copings to the rubble wall.

Listing NGR: SW7048029969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455990

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