Description

ST ERVAN
SW 97 SW
4/171 Pentruse Cottage

II

Cottage, later became lodge to Pentruse Farmhouse. Circa mid C19, extended later in
C19. Slate rubble with red brick window dressings and slate cills. Rag slate hipped
roof with black glazed ridge tiles. Brick axial stack to left of centre with rebuilt
brick shaft and right hand end stack with brick shaft.
Plan: The existing cottage has a 3-room single depth plan. The 2-room plan to the
left is the original cottage with a lobby entrance against a central axial stack
with back-to-back fireplaces heating the small parlour to the left and larger
original kitchen to the right. Later in the C19 a small room with a loft above was
added to the right end. In the late C20 a single storey extension was built at the
back.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 2:1 window range, the 1 window to the right is the later C19
extension built in the same style. Original C19 16-pane casements with red brick
jambs and slate cills, the ground floor has cambered brick arches and the first floor
have small gables above the eaves with zigzag bargeboards. Doorway to left of centre
has red brick cambered arch and C19 glazed and panelled door. Similar gabled head to
the windows on the left hand end and at rear, both C19 casements. At the back a C20
single storey rendered extension.
Interior: The smaller left hand room has a bracketed chimney-piece, the centre room
a C20 chimney piece and a C19 straight staircase against the back wall with stick
balusters and square newel. The ceilings have exposed soft wood joists.

Listing NGR: SW9120370660

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577831

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