Description

SX 07 NW ST KEW TREWETHERN
5/232 Walts Cottage
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GV II
Farmhouse and adjoining cottage on left, now converted into 1 house. Farmhouse circa
early C17 with cottage adjoining probably mid C19. Stone rubble with dressed granite
quoins. Cement-washed scantle slate roof with gable ends to farmhouse and rag slate
roof with gable ends to cottage. Stone rubble chimney stacks on gable ends of
farmhouse, the left-hand stack shared by adjoining cottage.
The farmhouse probably had a 2 room and through passage plan with the larger
hall/kitchen on the right heated from gable end stack and parlour on the left also
heated from gable end stack. The partitions have now been removed and their original
positions are unclear. Small outshut extension to rear. The cottage adjoining on
the left was one of a pair of 2 room double depth cottages with the entrance on the
left, probably leading into a stair hall with the principal room on the front right
and a small service room to rear; the partitions have now been removed; its pair on
the left is in separate ownership and not included.
2 storeys asymmetrical 1:1 window front. Farmhouse on right with lower roof with C20
ground floor window on left and part-glazed C20 door in rendered C20 gabled porch to
left of centre. No window opening to hall/kitchen on front right. First floor with
2-light C19 casement to left of centre. Small, probably on medieval, timber window
opening with cusped head to far right directly below eaves. The opening is deeply
splayed on the exterior and blocked on the interior. Rear elevation with C19 3-light
casement lighting hall/kitchen on right.
The cottage on the right has a 4-pane sash in the blocked entrance on the left, a
small sash without glazing bars on the right and a 4-pane sash in first floor. The
masonry on the rear elevation and right-hand side indicates that the cottage may have
earlier origins.
Interior Farmhouse on right complete with ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with bar and
scroll stops. C20 chimney-piece to parlour on left and partly blocked hall/kitchen
fireplace on right with evidence of slight projection for cloam oven on exterior.
Circa late C19 stair. 4-bay roof structure not accessible; feet of principals boxed-
in with partly halved, lapped and pegged joint to one collar just visible.
Interior of cottage on left with circa C19 ceiling beams to front range and roughly
chamfered ceiling beams to rear. C20 chimney-piece.

Listing NGR: SX0062976560

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506352

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)