Description

SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW

1/114 Rectory Farmhouse
18.lO.84

- II*

Farmhouse. C14, C15 remodelling, C16 alterations, C17 additions, C19 alterations
and additions, C20 renovations. Stone rubble, some cob, colourwashed and rendered
to front, Delabole slate roof with gable ends, brick ridge chimney, stone chimney
at right gable end. Remains of C14 spere truss from C14 hall house. Spere truss
retained in C15 rebuild. C15 house heated at the higher end, above the spere,
unheated at the lower end. Stack inserted in higher end and hall ceiled over in
C16. 3-room and cross or through passage plan with newel stair in wall between
higher and lower ends. C17 front projection added containing porch and C17 stair.
Probably C19 addition at higher end, C19 rear wing at higher end. Rear outshut
adjoins rear wing, small leanto adjoining right gable end may be remains of pantry
at lower end. 2-storey, asymmetrical 3 + 1 window front, 1 window in front
projection. Off-centre, 2-storey, gabled front projection with deep eaves contains
porch and C17 stair. Square-headed stone doorway in left front of front projection
has chamfered lintel and jambs below hoodmould with label stops. Ground floor
(lower room) window left 3-light, central sash with glazing bars flanked by glazed
lights with glazing bars, all with horns. Ground floor window to left of porch 3-
light casement, 6 panes per light. Ground floor window to right of porch 2-light
casement, 6 panes per light. First floor window left, in gabled dormer, similar to
ground floor window left. First floor window to left of porch, in gabled dormer,
2-light casement, 6 panes per light. Interior. Slate floors to ground floor rooms
left and centre. Fireplace to middle room partly blocked, probably concealing
earlier features. Flat-arched jointed timber doorway with fillet moulding on jambs
leads into blocked newel stair in wall to left of lower room. Front projection
contains C17 stair with moulded rail and some turned, some stick balusters. C14
spere truss between higher and lower ends has chamfered crown post and 2 angled
struts, mortices for additional struts and crown purlin. 3 C15 smoke-blackened
trusses at higher end of spere have chamfered arch braces. The principals are
jointed above collar level by lap notched struts. Trusses have 2 tiers of threaded
purlins and wind bracing. Principals are upper crucks with mortices for wall
plate. Arch brace truss at lower end of spere is truncated above collar and
largely concealed behind timbers used for repair. Wind bracing at lower end of
spere. Rafters of main roof and roof timbers in front projection replaced during
1980s reslating. Smoke-blackened rafters of roof stored in farm building. Most of
the front windows replaced 1980s, first floor window to left of porch reduced in
size. C15 trusses have similarities to Froxton (q.v. Whitestone parish). The
other known crown post roof in Cornwall is Frenchman's Creek Cafe at Fowey, Eric
Mercer, English Vernacular Houses (1975) p.84.

Listing NGR: SS2055715219

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533530

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