Description

PELYNT
SX 15 SE
3/147 Bake Farmhouse
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II

House now farmhouse. Circa 1610. Probably built for Edward Trelawney. Trelawney
coat of arms with datestone 1610 above. Stone rubble, rendered on front elevation.
Stone rubble and cob on higher end of cross wing. Bituminous coated and cement-
washed scantle slate roof with hipped lower end, gable to front projection of cross
wing and hipped rear end of cross wing. 2 projecting stone rubble lateral chimney
stacks flanking front entrance of main range. Shaft removed from lower, right-hand
chimney stack. Chimney stack with rendered brick shaft in front gable end of cross
wing.
Main range of 2 rooms with central through passage blocked to rear and C19 stair
inserted. Both rooms heated by front lateral chimney stacks. Cross wing at higher
end projects to front and rear forming overall 'T' shape plan. Central blocked
doorway on higher side wall of cross wing leads to a wide passage now a dairy.
2 storeys asymmetrical 3-window front with gable ended cross wing to left. All C19
casements with glazing bars and crown glass. Ground floor 3-lights, right-hand C20
replacement, first floor 2-lights. Passage doorway to right of centre with C19
panelled door flanked by lateral stacks, the right-hand stack truncated. Inner face
of cross wing to left has one 3-light ground floor casement and two 2-light first
floor casement. Elevation of higher side of cross wing. 2 storeys asymmetrical 2-
window front. Ground floor with plank door on left,2-light casement dairy window
with timber lintel, blocked door opening with C19 2-light casement and timber lintel.
Slate plaque containing Trelawney coat of arms and datestone above. Slate string
above ground floor. Stone rubble lean-to porch to right and 2-light casement. Above
2 C19 2-light casements.
Interior with ceilings plastered and C20 chimney pieces. Wallpapered lath and
plaster screens flanking through passage. C19 stair in through passage and C19 back
stair in cross wing. Feet of principals boxed-in. Roof structure not inspected
entirely.
Memorial to Edward Trelawney, 1630 in Pelynt Parish Church (qv). Inscription "Here
lies an honest lawyer, wot ye what. A thing for all the world to wonder at".
Sources; Pelynt Church Guide.

Listing NGR: SX1847254515

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614380

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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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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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)