Description

SANCREED
SW 42 NW
5/280 Treganhoe Farmhouse including front
- garden walls
II
Farmhouse. Service wing (rear left-hand side) possibly C18, otherwise rebuilt or
remodelled circa early-mid C19. Granite ashlar plinth, stuccoed above except for
service wing which is coursed granite rubble with granite dressings. Scantle slate
hipped roofs, with wide eaves over stuccoed parts of the house. Stuccoed brick
chimneys over the side walls, brick chimneys over front (party) wall of rear left-
hand wing and at rear left-hand corner.
Plan: Irregular double depth plan with presumably 2 reception rooms at the garden
front; axial entrance hall behind left-hand room; probably older, lower service wing
at right angles behind the entrance hall; stair hall and present kitchen (with cellar
under) in shallower wing at right angles behind right-hand room: lean-to porch and
conservatory behind this wing and a single-storey wing adjoining rear left-hand
corner.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2 window south-east garden front without doorway.
Granite ashlar plinth, granite strings at impost level of ground floor arches and at
first floor sill level, otherwise stuccoed with giant cinquefoil-headed panelled
pilasters flanking the front. Ground floor openings are recessed within round-headed
blind arches; first floor openings are recessed within square-headed openings with
aprons under the sills. Original 16-pane hornless sashes except for C20 window at
ground floor left.
South-west entrance front is similarly detailed (except for lower rubble walled
service wing on the left) and has doorway on the left with old ledged door and
original rectangular fanlight over. Blind window openings on the right; circa late
C19 or C20 4-pane horned sash in original opening at first floor left.
Rear has original tall 24-pane hornless sash stair window. Unspoiled elevations.
Tall slate-coped rubble garden wall adjoins at the front left-hand side of the house
and returns at lower level at a rounded front with circa early C20 gateway and wooden
cross-braced and dowelled gate.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW4278029470

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612907

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990