Description

LEZANT -
SX 37 NW
5/18 Carvoda

II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C17, extended late c17/early C18 with later additions
and alterations. Roughcast slate-stone and cob; graded slate roof. Original central
through-passage house extended to left in late C17/early C18. Two storeys. Original
part has 3 late C20 plastic casements in earlier openings to first floor and one
to either side of central half-glazed door under Cl9 flat-roofed open porch with
carved wooden posts. Extension to left has 3 plastic casements directly below eaves
with another to ground-floor left and plastic French windows to centre and right.
External end stack with red brick top to right of C17 part and red brick ridge
stack (formerly an end stack) at junction with addition, slightly later lean-to
to rear on right of main part. Interior: Right ground-floor of C17 part has
chamfered joists with roughly carved stops (qv Moonhills) and floor boards of room
above visible; inglenook fireplace with granite jambs, chamfered wood lintel and
2 cloam ovens, small fixed-light window in back wall next to staircase looks into
lean-to. Left room has partly infilled open fireplace with cloam oven and wood
lintel brought from elsewhere in late C20. Collar truss roof in 8 bays. Addition
much altered late C20 but has collar truss roof visible on first floor to 6ft.

Listing NGR: SX3473578746

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579683

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair