Description

LANIVET LANIVET
SX 06 SW
8/133 Churchtown Farmhouse
15.1.87
GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17 ; remodelled with additions in mid - late C18 ; C20
alterations. Painted granite rubble. Hipped slate roof, with ridge and hip tiles.
Stack with rendered shaft at the right side ; stack truncated to left side.
Plan: 2-room plan, with a larger room to left and smaller room to right, each heated
from a stack at the end ; entrance off-centre to right. Probably in C18, an outshut
of single storey and loft was added to the rear of the room to left. A 2-storey wing
of one-room plan was also added to the rear of the room to right, with a single
storey outshut at the right end. In C20, the two rooms in the front had their
partition walls removed.
Exterior: 2 storeys, nearly symmetrical 3-window front. All windows are C20
casements, except first floor central 12-pane light. Central C18 3-panelled door
with gabled hood on cast iron piers, with scalloped valance. Attached to right a
single storey outshut with C20 window, to front. At the right side, the rear wing has
C20 porch set in the angle to the outshut ; the wing has C20 window at ground and
first floor, and blind gable end. The left end has external stack, truncated at
eaves level ; in the outshut to left a 4-pane light at ground floor and 9-pane light
at first floor. At the rear, the outshut has a 4-pane light.
Interior: Not fully inspected. At ground floor, the fireplace at the right end has
granite jambs and heavy chamfered timber lintel, with cloam oven to rear left. The
beams seem to be C20 replacements.

Listing NGR: SX0390564236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452011

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)