Dunchideock House

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DUNCHIDEOCK SX 88 NE

3/4 Dunchideock House 11.11.52 GV II

Large house. C17 or earlier origins, remodelled in the C18, extended in the circa early C19 with internal alterations of circa 1905 including the incorporation of features introduced from elsewhere. Brick and stone construction, the early core of the house cob faced with brick and stone, colourwashed and rendered throughout; 2- span hipped slate roof; axial stacks to left and right of centre, brick chimney shafts at end. The present plan is double depth, 4 rooms wide with 3 principal ground floor rooms to the front and a kitchen at the right. The main entrance is at the left end leading into a large 1905 stair and entrance hall to the rear of the left hand principal room. Beyond the hall a spine corridor divides the centre prinipal rooms and a kitchen from smaller rear service rooms. Complex development. The roof trusses and remains of cob walling indicate that the centre of the house, between the axial stacks, under the front roof span, was a single depth C17 or earlier house. The right hand end of the building is different in construction and is probably a rebuilding of the C18. The plan of the pre-C18 house has largely disappeared but a ground floor room in the rear range has late C17 plasterwork and may have been a parlour wing at right angles to the old cob single-depth house, forming an L plan before the second roof span was added. The major remodelling of the C18 gave a double depth plan with a spine corridor. The house is said to have been extended in the early C19 by an additional 2-span block at the left end, the principal entrance at the left end dates from this period. The large stair and entrance hall was created in circa 1905 at the left end by removing the partition walls of small rear service rooms. 2 storeys and attic. Regular 10-bay front, 5 bays in the centre slightly broken forward, with deep coved eaves. Sash windows with glazing bars throughout, although with some variations: the 2 right hand bays have more panes and are not aligned with the others, 3 attic dormers. The left hand end of the house has a Tuscan porch with granite columns flanked by a round-headed sash window to the left and a pair of similar sashes to the right. Interior: Over the centre of the house a jointed cruck truss, C17 or earlier, with the collar mortised into the principals, and a closed truss with the collar lap dovetailed into the principals. The principals over the right hand end of the house appear to be straight but there are no thick walls in the roofspace between the centre and right hand end of the house suggesting that the right hand end is a rebuilding rather than addition. Over the left hand end the roof trusses are C19 kingpost and strut construction. On the ground floor to the rear a small room, possibly originally a late C17 parlour, has a moulded cornice and plastered-over cross beam. Numerous C18 and C19 plaster cornices throughout the house and C18 and C19 joinery. Several C18 iron small pane casements to the rear. Features of interest introduced from elsewhere include extensive panelling in the ground floor room at the front, with a guilloche moulding and a date of either 1679 or 1659. The same room has a granite chimney piece made up of granite pieces including a date of 1662. An imposing exterior and interesting internal detail of several periods.

Listing NGR: SX8844987778

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