Description

LISKEARD

SX26NE Trevecca Farmhouse
979-1/2/9

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid/late C18. Painted and unpainted slatestone
rubble walls; steep asbestos slate roof on front range and
rear lean-to; hipped rag slate roof on rear wing; external
stone rubble stack over right-hand gable end; later brick
stack on left gable end and tall rubble stack between rear
wing and lean-to.
2-room plan originally with central stair between parlour, on
the left, and kitchen on higher ground on the right; in early
C19 extended with dairy/pantry and wash house at the rear in 2
phases. 2 storeys; nearly symmetrical 3-window south-west
front. Central flat-headed doorway with early C19 four-panel
door and slate hood; otherwise segmental rubble arches over
early C19 two-light casements with glazing bars except 1st
floor left and over doorway which are later replacements. 3
similar early C19 two- and 3-light casements under timber
lintels to rear wall of wing; the 2 ground-floor windows also
with iron stanchions and the right-hand (pantry) window with
perforated zinc gauze.
INTERIOR has roughly chamfered ceiling beams to right-hand
room; original wide, steep T-plan stair with later stick
balustrade to landing; 3 original 2-panel doors with
raised-and-fielded panels, 2 original planked doors; slate
flags behind stair; otherwise C19 carpentry and joinery where
visible, including slate shelves in pantry. Roof structures
not inspected but likely to be original.

Listing NGR: SX2507866197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498694

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)