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SW 84 SE ST MICHAEL PENKIVEL MERTHER LANE

4/44 Fentongollan Farmhouse
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The last sentence of the description 'Halse ...., circa 1650' shall be deleted.

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SW 84 SE ST MICHAEL PENKIVEL MERTHER LANE

4/44 Fentongollan Farmhouse
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Farmhouse. Probably early C18, but probably C17 core. Slatestone rubble, plastered
cob above, granite quoins and asbestos slate roofs with brick chimneys over gable
ends. Double depth plan with wing to rear. Main range built end on to slope. 2
storeys. 5-window front. Central door with hipped roof porch flanked by 3-light
wooden sashes in widened openings, inserted midway between original ground floor
window positions. First floor is rendered cob with 4-pane wooden sashes in original
openings. External stack to right lower gable end. Rear is lower and irregular.
Rear doorway, now window and door is nearer to left lower end. 2-light wooden
casement with small panes to left and similar window to right but with gauze for
ventilation in left light. Bead moulded timber lintels over openings with cob
above. First floor left : wide 3-light casement with small panes; 2-light, 16-pane
and 2-light 12-pane horizontal sliding sashes to right. Wing has small lean-to in
angle of house and wing. Pent roof over doorway at end of outshut.
Halse, the Cornish historian notes that stones from the old house at Fenton Goleen
near by were placed in the portals, gates and building of the new Tregothnan q.v.
Tregothnan House which was first built circa 1650.

Listing NGR: SW8621143161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579821

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5