Description

MARY TAVY SX 57 NW 4/70 Wringworthy Farmhouse (formerly 14.6.52 listed as Wringworthy Mansion) - GV II*

Farmhouse. Early C16 open hall, probably floored early C17 with late C16/early C17 service wing to rear and lower end to left of passage removed, porch probably original to house and rebuilt, reusing early outer doorway, later alterations including C19 stair in passage and fenestration, also roof raised on rear wing, some C20 alterations. Granite and slatestone rubble, granite dressings and Hurdwick stone, squared rubble to lower front of porch, slate-hung front and slate roofs with C19 ridge coping and brick ridge stack to hall fireplace, rubble gable stack to right. Open hall house, floored early C17 with stair tower to rear of hall, enclosed by late C16/early C17 rear service wing. Porch to passage entrance, lower end to left of passage removed; passage widened and C19 stair inserted to rear, closing passage. Hall bay extended to front, probably mid C17 and refenestrated early C19, heated by stack backing on to passage; unusually large inner room heated by gable end stack. Overall L-plan. 2 storeys, 2-storey gabled porch has 4-centred arched granite doorway, roll and hollow moulded with triangular stops, C20 glazed doors, similar narrower inner opening with fine studded door with strap hinges and raised fillets around border, C20 12-pane sash above; small single storey lean-to to right with C20 single light and 12-pane sash above; bay to right projecting, extended in C17 alterations to hall, with early C19 12-pane sash with sidelights at ground floor and C20 12-pane sash above, bay set back to end right has similar gorund floor window and C18 12-pane sash at first floor. Left return has porch wall extending slightly beyond random rubble end of main range with granite quoins, one bay set back to left with former door opening with timber lintel and C19 4-pane sash with cambered brick head above, roof hipped; lean-to to left has window opening with heavy timber lintel, one C20 2-light casement and 2 blocked openings to rear of lean-to. Right return has gable end of main range with large Hurdwick stone quoins, 2-storey rear wing to right slightly set back, with 3 windows at ground floor, 2 small 2-light casements and one C20 3-light casement, first floor has 2-light C20 casement to left and small 2-light casement under eaves to right; wing formerly of one height, raised at stack to rear kitchen fireplace, line of raising visible at eaves and gable end; gable end of wing has 3- light C19 casement with brick segmental head at ground floor, inner side of wing has single storey lean-to to left with stable door, ground and first floor 2-light casement, to right under eaves of lower roof line, blocked 2-light mullioned window. Interior passage has C19 dog-leg stair to rear; doorway to right, probably of second phase of building, wooden, with round-arched head, chamfered, with studded ledged door; hall has slate floor, C20 fireplace, one chamfered cross beam and wall chamfered to front where hall was extended, linenfold panelling along wall to inner room, to rear a 4-centred arched chamfered granite doorway to rear wing with door with strap hinges, and set at angle to rear right a round-arched wooden doorway, as at entry to hall, with similar door, leading to wooden newel stair, C19 2-panelled door to inner room, end fireplace has flat granite lintel and reset corbels, cupboard with shaped shelves on rear wall. At first floor, similar doorway at top of stair, 2 steps up to room over hall and C17 plank screen over hall, with 2 curved members visible right and left; above passage at first floor, door to room over hall is 6- panelled, set in chamfered and stopped frame. Rear wing has dairy with slate floor, rear room has cambered wide head remaining from former opening with window inserted. Roof truss over hall has arched-braces cut off above the collar which has deeply chamfered arched-braces, morticed collar with top tier of purlins only visible in roof, smoke-blackened but not encrusted, indicating early closing of open hall.

Listing NGR: SX5002577246

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