Description

LEZANT TREKENNER
SX 37 NW

5/73 Lower Trekenner Farm-
- house and Cottage

- II*

Open-hall house, now 2 cottages. C15, partly remodelled early C17 with C18,
C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Roughly coursed slate-stone, partially
slate-hung to right gable end of right cottage and rendered to remainder; slate
roof in 3 sections with asbestos sheeting to rear of right cottage. Open-hall
house comprising open hall (floored over and stack inserted in C17) with through
passage and lower end (largely rebuilt in C19) to left. Upper end (Trekenner
Farm Cottage) survives almost intact. 2 storeys. Trekenner Farmhouse (left
part lower end and right part former hall has two C20 casements directly below
eaves to left plus 2 more to ground-floor left and centre of left section with
C20 gabled porch to right on site of through passage: opposing doorway to back
wall now internal. Right section has C19 casement and C20 casement to left
directly under eaves and large mid-C20 casement to left directly under eaves
and large mid-C20 metal casement on ground floor. Integral end stack (inserted
C17) to left and smaller integral end stack to left section. Trekenner Farm
Cottage has 2 irregularly spaced C19 casements on each floor, those to first
floor directly below eaves. Entrance through C20 plank door in lean-to abutting
right gable end. This has external end stack with red brick top. Slate-hung
lean-to to rear. Lean-to to rear of right section of Trekenner Farmhouse now
carried down as catslide outshut but formerly under separate pitch.
Interior: End stack at lower end of former open hall has large open granite
fireplace on ground floor with continuous moulded lintel and jambs. Lower
Trekenner cottage has 3 deep-chamfered cross beams including one above fireplace
supported on granite corbel to left of fireplace; unusual carved stops with
ballflower terminations and finely moulded joists. The end of the middle beam
has been cut away for insertion of staircase. Original access to first floor
of solar was by semi-circular staircase projection against back wall reached
through C15 round-headed pegged doorway with similar doorway off-set on first
floor. Top steps survive but rest destroyed when present lean-to to rear of
cottage was built. First floor of solar has original floor boards. Roof
structure visible through C17 chamfered wood doorway leading from solar to
inserted first floor of former open hall. Immediately facing doorway at top
of former staircase projection is oak-stud wall with infilled doorway, presumably
formerly giving access to first floor of solar. Roof of solar is in 3 bays
and was probably originally visible from first floor. Cambered collar trusses
with chamfered (unblackened) principal rafters having curous stepped notched
joints to collars; some thatching spars remain. Right end truss practically
abuts gable end and left bay is separated from former open hall by stone wall
rising to apex. Roof structure of former open hall visible in roof space:
common rafter construction, largely replaced by new timbers c1980: - some traces
of blackening but this may not be a result of smoke from former open hearth.
C20 flat-roofed addition at right-angles to rear of lower end is not of special
architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SX3423578294

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534155

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