Description

SW 63 NE WENDRON

1/346 Tolcarne Wartha Farmhouse,
- including front garden walls and
adjoining outbuilding

GV II

Farmhouse, front garden walls and adjoining outbuilding. Early C19. Painted rubble
walls. Grouted scantle slate hipped roof with projecting eaves. Brick chimeys over
the side walls. Cast-iron ogee gutters.
Plan: Double depth plan with 2 rooms at the front (kitchen/living room on the right,
parlour on the left) flanking entrance hall leading to rear stair hall with 2 storey
back kitchen outshut on the right and single storey lean-to washhouse on the left
which adjoins domestic outbuilding.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3 window south front with central doorway.
Original doors and windows (front and rear) except for ground floor right-hand window
which has later remodelled opening and C20 4-pane horned sash. 4-panel door, 16-pane
hornless sashes.
Rear has ledged doors, 18-pane horizontally-sliding sash to back kitchen, similar 12-
pane window to chamber over and tall round-headed stair sash with intersecting
glazing bars.
Interior: Unaltered interior with most of its original features including dog-leg
stair and panelled doors. There is a C18 2-panel door which may be re-used.
Front garden walls are built of large pieces of granite moorstone and there are
monolithic jambs to a gateway adjoining the house. There is a pavement of granite
moorstone flags at the back of the house and there are cobbled yards adjoining.

Listing NGR: SW6863035230

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455997

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