Description

SW 72 NW CONSTANTINE

9/52 Trecombe Farm Cottage
2.10.87

GV II

Cottage. Probably C17 with an C18 rear wing. Restored in late C20. Granite rubble,
with dressed granite quoins and lintels. Asbestos slate roof with red clay ridge
tiles, hipped to the left and with a gable end to the right with a large granite
rubble stack with a granite dripcourse. The rear wing has a hipped roof.
Plan: The main front range appears to have been a 2-room plan, the larger right hand
room the hall/kitchen with a large gable end fireplace with 2 ovens and the smaller
left hand room may have been unheated originally. The front entrance which is to the
left of centre possibly lead directly into the larger right hand room or there may
have been a cross-passage. The 2-storey unheated 1-room plan wing at the rear is
probably an C18 addition. The ground floor of the main range is now one room and
the rear wing has been subdivided.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front, the windows disposed towards the
left. Late C20 2-light casements with glazing bars, ground floor with reused
chamfered granite lintels. The central doorway has a chamfered 3-centred arch and
rough granite jambs.
The rear wing also has late C20 casements and a C20 asbestos slate hung porch in the
angle.
The right hand gable end of the main range has a massive granite boulder incorporated
into the base of the wall.
Interior: The main range is now one large room on the ground floor with C20 exposed
ceiling joists and a very large fireplace in the right hand end wall with dressed
granite jambs, a C20 timber lintle and 2 stone ovens. The left hand end of the main
range has a small fireplace with unchamfered granite jambs and lintel.
Roof was not inspected, however, it is said to have old pegged trusses
Henderson refers to the building in connection with Trecombe Farmhouse qv as "a
detached building" which with Trecombe Farmhouse "encloses the usual small court".
Furthermore it has also been suggested that the building may have been a bakehouse or
detached kitchen.
Source: Charles Henderson. A History of the Parish of Constantine in Cornwall.
Page 168.

Listing NGR: SW7610329682

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597701

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)