Description

CAMELFORD TREWALDER
SX 08 SE
4/89 Trewalder Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. Circa 1860s. Stone rubble with rusticated granite dressings. Rag slate
roof with hipped ends and central valley. Stone rubble stacks with granite
dressings; axial stacks to rear right and rear left and end stack to rear left.
Plan: double depth plan with entrance on east side, the reception rooms arranged
along the south side facing the garden and service rooms to rear in west corner.
Entrance into hall with drawing room on left (south) and simpler smaller room to
right (north). To rear of smaller right hand room is the stair which is lit by a
stair window in the north elevation with a large kitchen beyond. To the rear of the
drawing room is a small study with living room beyond, both facing onto garden front.
Single storey service range to rear (west) and cellar below south garden front where
ground slopes down.
Exterior : East front elevation : 2 storeys, symmetrical 3 window front with
rusticated granite dressings, C19 4 panel door with fanlight and C19 hornless sashes
with margin glazing bars.
South garden front : symmetrical 3 window front with complete fenestration of C19
hornless sashes with margin glazing bars and original glass.
Interior complete with moulded cornice in drawing room, surface of walls to stair
hall with incised lines imitating ashlar masonry. Kitchen has large C19 slate
chimneypiece with gun racks above. Open string stair with mahogany rail and stick
balusters. Chimneypieces partly replaced.
Particularly good example of an unaltered circa 1860s farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SX0730682107

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613031

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)