The Home Farmhouse and Garden and Yard Wall to South East

THE HOME FARMHOUSE AND GARDEN AND YARD WALL TO SOUTH EAST

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1140847
Date first listed:
12-Mar-1986
List Entry Name:
The Home Farmhouse and Garden and Yard Wall to South East
Statutory Address:
THE HOME FARMHOUSE AND GARDEN AND YARD WALL TO SOUTH EAST

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1140847
Date first listed:
12-Mar-1986
List Entry Name:
The Home Farmhouse and Garden and Yard Wall to South East
Statutory Address 1:
THE HOME FARMHOUSE AND GARDEN AND YARD WALL TO SOUTH EAST

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE HOME FARMHOUSE AND GARDEN AND YARD WALL TO SOUTH EAST

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Kea
National Grid Reference:
SW 80390 42184

Details

SW 84 SW KEA

2/102 The Home Farmhouse and garden and yard wall to south east

GV II

Farmhouse and including garden wall to front and yard wall adjoining. Circa early- mid C18, but may be remodelling of older house. Stone rubble and cob with slatehanging to front. Slurried scantle slate roofs with brick chimneys over gable ends but set back slightly from ends, and further chimney to side wall of later wing to rear right. Plan originally of 2 rooms flanking cross passage leading to stair. Right-hand room originally hall/kitchen with enormous hearth, mostly blocked. Extended circa early C19 by 1-room parlour wing to rear of right-hand room and later C19 by outshut filling angle behind left-hand room. 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window south east front with openings grouped toward left. Doorway, with gabled hood, central between windows. Ledged door. 12-pane 2- light casement to left of doorway and wider opening with 3-light casement to right. 2-light casement over door and C18 12-pane horizontal sliding sashes with thick glazing bars and original crown glass to first floor left and right. Interior has original T-stair, with main flight longer, an interesting C18 door with 3 panels leading to left-hand room, a C18 dresser in right-hand room (may be original to house but resited), bowtell moulded ceilings beams in the 2 original ground floor rooms and slate-flagged floors. Parlour (rear right) has window shutters, and in service-room to rear left is sill or head of mullioned window reused as theshhold stone. Many circa C16-C17 arch stones are reused in barn adjoining to left (south west). Garden and yard wall is of mixed rubble with granite jambstones to gate-piers, and low pitched granite copings. Gate-piers to yards formerly had (see 1952 NMR photos) circa late C17 early C18 moulded caps with ball finials. A picturesque, long, low C18 vernacular house set within unspoiled C19 farmyard complex.

Listing NGR: SW8039042184

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
63388
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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