Description

WARBSTOW
SX 19 SE
2/232 Penwenham Farmhouse
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II

Farmhouse. 1878 (datestone) built for the Drake family. Rendered stone rubble. Rag
slate hipped roof with paired brackets to eaves soffit. Brick axial stacks.
Plan: Double depth plan with central entrance, the 2 principal rooms at front and
service rooms to rear. Contemporary or slightly later service wing of 1-room plan on
right hand side.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2-window front. The openings on the front, rear
and side elevations are ornately decorated with carved or moulded sheeps heads,
Prince of Wales feathers, sheaves of corn and cornucopia with swags and with large
keyblockes above. C19 sashes with margin glazing bars. Segmental arches windows on
the ground and centre of first floor of front elevation, and C19 lean-to porch with
round-head doorway and side windows with continuous impost band;, the roof of the
porch remodelled in the C20; C19 panelled door.
Interior: not inspected.
Close to site of earlier house with much dressed granite in the garden.

Listing NGR: SX1837790156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435657

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)