Description

PILLATON
SX 36 SE
5/168 Rowse Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. Probably late C17 - early C18, with later additions and alterations of C19
and C20. Stone rubble, painted; rag slate roof, bitumenised, with ridge tiles, some
hand-made ridge tiles surviving. Front lateral stack to right with brick shaft, and
rear lateral stack to left.
Plan: Overall L-shaped on plan. The original house was probably the present front, a
2-room plan with the room to left heated by a rear lateral stack. Probably later in
the C18, the house was extended by the addition of a wing to right ; this became the
new front, although the house has returned to its original orientation. At the right
side there is a 2-room plan arrangement, with central entrance to passage. A lean-to
of one storey and loft was added to the original left end, and two single storey
outshuts were added to the rear of the original range, in the angle with the C18
addition.
Exterior: Asymmetrical 2-storey front to the original house, with 2 windows at first
floor. Ground floor has C20 porch to left, 2-light 6-pane casement above with L
hinges. Straight joint to left to the lean-to, which has C20 window at first floor.
At ground floor to right of the porch is a 3-light 8-pane casement with L hinges, and
avoce at first floor a 3-light 10-pane casement with L hinges. To end right a single
storey C20 addition with brick stack at the original gable end. Roof hipped to right
with gable end to left. The right side forms the C18 front; 2 storeys, symmetrical 2-
window range. First floor has two 2-light 6-pane casement with L hinges; central
shallow open-fronted porch with hipped slate roof, inner panelled and glazed door. 2-
light 6-pane casement with L hinges and slate dripstone to right and left. Rear of
this range is rendered. The rear of the earlier range has a large external stack with
slate weathering and brick shaft. Outshut to rear of stack with 2-light window, and
second single storey outshut with 3-light 6-pane casement. Both outshuts have scantle
slate roofs.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3775564445

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432981

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5