Description

ST SAMPSON
SX 15 NW
8/242 Lantyan Farmhouse
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II

Farmhouse. Late C18, with addition to rear left of mid C19 and some later
alterations. Slatestone rubble, with granite quoins and brick dressings. Concrete
tiled roof with gable ends and brick gable end stacks. Slurried slate roof on inner
slope of rear left wing and on Cl9 lean-to.
Plan: double depth plan, with 2 rooms to front and the central front door opening
directly into the room to left. 2 shallow rear service rooms, the one to rear right
a kitchen, heated by a stack to the outer side; to rear centre, a stair tower,
approached by a rear lateral corridor connecting the service rooms. Probably in the
early C19 or mid C19, an addition of one-room plan was added to the rear left, and a
lean-to at the left side. The addition is unheated, and the upper floor is reached
by an external stair on the inner side.
3 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front; ground floor has central panelled and glazed
door with hipped concrete tiled hood. To left an C18 12-pane sash with sidelights
and brick cambered head, to right a C19 20-pane sash with sidelights and brick
cambered head, probably an alteration of the mid C19. At first floor, three 16-pane
sashes in exposed boxes with flat brick arches ; second floor has three 12-pane
sashes in exposed boxes with cambered brick arches. Straight joint to left, to a 2-
storey lean-to, which has at ground floor a 12-pane sash with sidelights and timber
lintel, first floor large 16-pane sash with flat brick arch. At the right side, no
windows to the front room; the rear kitchen has a wide external stack with large
curved oven at the base with a slate roof. At the left side, the C19 lean-to has 2
C20 2-light casements at ground floor and large 16-pane sash at first floor. To the
left, the 2-storey service wing, at a lower roof level, with a straight joint; this
has 2 C20 casements at ground floor and 2 C20 flat-roofed dormers at first floor,
with brick stack to end. The inner side of this wing has C20 steps leading to upper
C20 door; rear gable end ahs plain C20 door and C19 2-light casement at first floor.
The rear of the house has central stair tower with hipped roof; rooms to right and
left in rear are of 2 storeys only under a catslide roof. The stair tower has a 2-
light C20 window to the cellar, and at upper ground floor level and first floor level
a late C19 12-pane sash. To right, a C20 window at ground floor and late C19 sash at
first floor. To left, stable door and 2-light casement, 2-light casement at first
floor, both of C19.
Interior The stair tower has a fine late C18 stair, with turned balusters and
moulded handrail. In the front 2 rooms, the fireplaces are C20 replacements. Rest
of house not accessible at time of survey (July 1986).

Listing NGR: SX1051357309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452698

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