Empacombe Home Farm

EMPACOMBE HOME FARM

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1160648
Date first listed:
26-Jan-1987
List Entry Name:
Empacombe Home Farm
Statutory Address:
EMPACOMBE HOME FARM

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1160648
Date first listed:
26-Jan-1987
List Entry Name:
Empacombe Home Farm
Statutory Address 1:
EMPACOMBE HOME FARM

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

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:
EMPACOMBE HOME FARM

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

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Maker-with-Rame
National Grid Reference:
SX 44711 52617

Details

SX 45 SW MAKER-WITH-RAW EMPACOMBE

6/117 Empacombe Home Farm

GV II

Barns, granary and associated farm buildings now including a house conversion. Circa 1850. Red sandstone random rubble with brick dressings and re-set C16 or C17 granite features. Asbestos cement slates to house and corrugated asbestos sheeting to rest. U-plan. Central granary now farmhouse flanked by open-fronted shelter sheds terminating in 2 storey cow houses projecting forward. House: 2 storeys and attic. 3 windows, all 6-light 20th century casements with brick segmental heads, central C20 porch. Gabled dormers with 2-light casements and scalloped barge boards. Rear elevation is only one storey and attic with central doorway. Shelter sheds, 5 bays left and right all round arched openings, centre to right is narrower, centre opening to left has a reset moulded granite doorway. Ventilation slits and another reset doorway on rear. Cow houses: to left 7 bays, round arched opening in filled to half height except in centre. Two 2-light openings above former loading door. To right is cow house with bank barn above. 4 bays to left, 2 to right, round-headed arches. Midstreys on rear. Two loading doors opposed on the yardside. Ventilation slits under eaves. Barn has loading door and south gable and gothic Y - tracery blind feature window on north gable intended to be seen from afar. A little altered planned farmyard built as the Home Farm for Mount Edgecumbe.

Listing NGR: SX4454452948

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
61775
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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