Description

SW 84 SW KEA

2/122 Trethowel Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse and adjoining garden walls to north and north west. Circa late C18.
Slatestone rubble walls with stuccoed front. Asbestos slate roof, half-hipped to
left (north east) with brick chimneys over sides wall, left, gable end right, and
over half-hip of corrugated iron roofed wing to rear.
Plan of 2-rooms flanking central stair with service wing at right angles to rear of
north east end, formerly with farm building attached to south west end of house but
demolished circa 1960s.
2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window north west front. Doorway slightly off-
centre to right with open pediment doorcase with modillion brackets. Round-arched
opening rises into tympanum. Door has 6 fielded panels and integral 8-panes
overlight. Window openings have slate sills and keyed cambered arches. All original
hornless sashes with much crown glass. Ground floor windows are taller with 16-pane
sashes and first floor has 8-pane sashes. Paired eaves brackets support original
wooden launder.
Rear wing has original wide tripartite sashes. Timber lintels. Wide 4-light window,
lighting stair, returns with 1 light to rear wall. Straight joint under suggests
that stair window was taller and that wing must be slightly later. 4-panel door
under middle lights of window. Cast iron ogee gutters.
Interior is very intact with original 6-panel doors with fielded panels,
architraves, window shutters and plaster ceilings. Front rooms have moulded cornices
and bands. Open-well stair has stick balusters with plinths.
First floor rooms and roof structures not inspected but roof over wing is said to be
of much cruder construction with partly hewn timber.
Slate coped rubble wall adjoins north corner and returns parallel to front of house
as low coped wall surmounted by hooped wrought iron railings. Central gateway with
dressed granite piers and single-braced iron gate hung for self-closing.

Listing NGR: SW8295842618

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597444

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990