Description

LUXULYAN SX 06 SW 2/143 Conce Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse. Late C17 or early C18, with stable attached to left of later C18; the front was altered in the mid C19, with outshut to rear right. Painted stone rubble. Slurried slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. Large projecting gable end stacks with recessed tops and slate weathering. Plan : 2-room plan with central entrance, formerly leading to passage with lower end room to left and upper end room to right. Integral outshut to rear of lower end room and stair tower to rear of passage. In the mid C19, the passage was altered, so that the entrance is directly into the lower end room to left and a straight stair was inserted into the integral outshut. The stair was removed from the stair tower and further outshut built to the rear of the upper end. The 2 main rooms are heated by gable end stacks, the outshuts unheated. The stable to left has, entrance to ground floor to rear and left over. 2 storeys and symmetrical 3-window front ; 4-pane sashes under eaves, central porch with pitched roof, plain door with glazed panel, 4-pane sash to right and left; external stack to each gable end. The rear has integral outshut behind lower end with 2 single lights under eaves and 2 single lights at ground floor, all with slate cills. Rear door to mid left, with C20 glazed porch. To left, to the rear of the upper end, a lower single storey outshut with straight joint to right, single light to rear. To left of front , single storey outhouse connects the house to the stable; the stable has half-hipped roof with ridge tiles, door with window inserted at ground floor to centre and 2 windows under eaves, blocked to right. The rear of the connecting outhouse has C20 door, stable has door to left and loading door under eaves to right. Interior The upper end room to right has chamfered and straight-cut stopped cross beams, C20 fireplace at gable end. The room to right has C19 cross beams and C19 mantel to fireplace with corbels; formerly larger fireplace. In the stair tower, there is a single light at upper level with wall-plate above; this has flower and leaf carving.

Listing NGR: SX0413861645

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