Description

DAVIDSTOW
SX 18 NE
2/129 Treworra Barton including barn,
- horse engine house and cartshed on
south west
GV II

House with attached barn, horse engine house and cartshed. Circa late C16 or earlier
extended in early and mid C19. Stone rubble with granite quoins. Rag slate roof
with gable end to left and gable end to front wing on right. Granite moulded axial
stack to left of centre. Rendered brick rear lateral stack to outshot and brick end
stack to front wing on right.
Plan: Original plan uncertain. House possibly of at least 3 rooms and cross or
through passage plan. Ground slopes down slightly to left. Hall and inner room to
left and cross wing to right. The cross wing has been extended to rear with a barn,
attached horse engine house and cartshed beyond to rear.
The earlier range comprises the hall, inner room and passage; the hall, heated by an
axial stack on the higher side, has thick cross walls on the higher and lower sides;
the inner room may originally have been unheated whilst the chamber above has a circa
early C17 fireplace which backs onto the hall stack. A stair projection to the rear
of the hall fireplace gives access from the hall to the chamber above the inner room;
the stair was remodelled in the C19 and the projection has been incorporated partly
into a circa C18 or C19 outshot to rear of hall and passage. The passage has been
altered; probably widened with a stair inserted and the 2-room plan cross wing
remodelled or partly rebuilt in the C19. In circa late C18 or early C19 a barn was
added to the rear of the cross wing and in circa early C19 a horse engine house was
added to the right hand side of the barn. In circa mid C19 an open-fronted cartshed
was added to the rear of the barn.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front with gable end of cross wing to
front right. Range to left has 3-light mullion window lighting inner room to left,
C20 door, 3-light mullion hall window with hoodmould and initials 'RK B' in the stops
and C20 door to entrance on right. First floor with C20 1-light casement, 12-pane
horned sash, early C19 4-over-8 pane hornless sash and C20 2-light casement above
entrance. Gable end of cross wing to right with C20 sashes on ground and first floor
in left hand side wall.
Barn to rear of cross wing has polygonal horse engine house attached on the right
hand side and open cartshed to rear with granite posts.
Interior: Passage widened with a stair inserted to rear in the C19 and cross wing has
either been remodelled or rebuilt in the C19. Entrance to hall on left hand side of
passage has granite chamfered lintel and jambs with pyramid stops. Hall fireplace
has chamfered timber lintel and chamfered granite jambs and cloam oven. Stair to
rear of fireplace rebuilt in C19. Hollow chamfered granite doorframe between inner
room and hall with slightly cambered lintel. C19 fireplace in inner room, possibly
an insertion. Fireplace in chamber above inner room has a chamfered granite lintel
and jambs with diagonal stops.
Roof structure replaced in circa early C19. Roof structure above inner room not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SX1542086624

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598001

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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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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)