Description

COLAN
SW 85 NW
10/18 Trethiggey Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. Circa 1830-40 with very few later alterations. Said to have been built
for Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. Brown elvan ashlar front with stone rubble to rear.
Hipped slate roof with ashlar stacks to sides with cornices; deep bracketed eaves.
Plan: Double depth plan, with central entrance and principal room to front left and
right. Kitchen to rear left and service rooms to rear right, stair to rear centre.
At the rear, the service rooms form 2 shallow wings.
Exterior: 2 storeys, a symmetrical 3-window front. All windows are original C19 16-
pane sashes with voussoirs and keystones. Central panelled double doors with 4-
centred arched margin glazed fanlight set in elliptical recessed archway. Plinth,
band course and rusticated quoins. Right side has blind painted sash at ground and
first floor to left and at first floor to right. Sash at ground floor right. 16-
pane sash at ground and first floor to centre. Plinth and band course continued.
Small single storey outhouse attached to right. Left side blind; plate-glass sash at
first floor to right. At the rear, there are 2 shallow wings, with central round-
arched stair light with radiating glazing bars. Wing to left has door at ground
floor and 16-pane sash at first floor. Wing to right has door and 16-pane sash, and
16-pane sash at first floor. Between the 2 wings is a single storey block, with a
tall ventilator window to the dairy.
Interior: The front entrance hall has plaster cornice with central rosette.
Hexagonal paving in brown elvan. Dog-leg stair with wreathed handrail, stick
balusters and scrolled string. The front right room has wooden chimneypiece and
plaster cornice. The doors and joinery at ground floor are all painted with
imitation wood graining, of circa 1950, but of very high quality. The kitchen to
rear left has C20 range inserted in the fireplace; C19 mantel and gun rack, with
settle by the rear window. Servants' bells and service stair boxed in to rear left.
The dairy and larder to rear right have slate paving, and a wooden bacon rack is
preserved in the house.
This is a high quality farmhouse of the early C19, with the plan and internal
features all retained.

Listing NGR: SW8462659689

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598935

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