Description

SS 19 NE POUNDSTOCK

9/129 Trebarfoote Manor including
26.9.51 barn adjoining at north-east

GV II*

Farmhouse, formerly manor house. Early C17 remodelling of earlier build, early C19
alterations to south facade. Stone rubble with C19 roof of small slates to left
and centre, squared rag slate roof to right and rear. Stone stacks to right and
left gable ends, projecting rear stone lateral stack with brick shaft, brick shaft
on front. Main range 3 rooms wide with through passage plan, front entrance to
passage blocked. Former kitchen to lower end of passage may date from earlier
build. Hall heated by rear lateral stack, heated parlour at higher end. Rear
right wing may have been service wing, barn adjoining at rear left incorporated as
part of house accommodation. 3 room plan with rear wings. 2 storeys and garret.
Long asymmetrical but regularized 7 window south front with C20 gabled central
porch. 3 ground floor windows to left of porch and one to right, 16-pane boxed
horned sashes under stone arches. Similar first floor windows. Ground floor
window one from right 12-pane timber sash under granite lintel re-used from 2-light
mullioned window. First floor window above identical under long timber lintel.
Ground floor window right large 3-light C20 casement, 6 panes per light. First
floor window right 3-light C20 casement with leaded panes under long timber lintel.
2 stone mullioned windows to rear.
Interior. Former through passage has moulded beams with unusual stops. Ground
floor room right has large fireplace under timber lintel. 4-centred arched stone
fireplace to hall with plaster chimneypiece with Trebarfoote quartering Burgoyne.
Moulded cornice and dado. Parlour has plaster cornice and decorated plaster
ceiling. C20 fireplace has wooden overmantel in the Jacobean style with the
Trebarfoote arms. Unusually complete C17 interior. Gable end partly rendered
over. Early C17 stairs to rear east and rear west have heavy turned balusters and
moulded handrails. Numerous ovolo-moulded stopped doorways. First floor room
above parlour has fireplace with ovolo-moulded stopped fireplace beam, stud and
plaster partition wall. Canted ceiling of moulded plaster to chamber above hall.
Stairs to plastered attic with ovolo moulded doorway. Roof trusses over lower end
have cambered collars lap dovetailed into principals and 2 tiers of trenched
purlins. Barn adjoining at west rear now incorporated into house, cob on stone
plinth with slate roof gabled at ends. Roof of barn has pegged trusses and 3 tiers
of purlins resting on principals. Pigeon holes on front. C19 plank stable door to
left of rubblestone buttress. Gable end partly rendered over. Datestone not in
situ in porch on front of house is carved with "WT MT 161 " (last number missing)
for William and Mary Trebarfoote.

Listing NGR: SX1864099202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533538

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability