St Erney House

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LANDRAKE WITH ST ERNEY SX 35 NE ST ERNEY 5/33 St Erney House

GV II

House. Late C18, with additions and alterations of C19 and C20. Slatestone rubble with some granite and greenstone, partly cob, partly rendered. 2-span roof with front slope in C20 slates, rear slope in asbestos slate, gable ends with gable end stack with rendered shafts to front range; ridge tiles. Plan : central entrance to double depth plan, originally with principal room to front left and right, with kitchen to rear left and unheated dairy to rear right, central passage with stair to rear. The kitchen in the rear left room was removed and made into one large room; rear kitchen wing to left, with apple loft attached to rear and scullery attached to rear left. Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window range. Ground floor has central panelled and glazed door, portico with slender granite columns supporting a canopy in the form of an entablature with moulded cornice. 3-light casement to left and 2-light casement to right, three 2-light casements at first floor, all C20. Left side rendered, with external stack to front range; conservatory attached to left entered from inner half-glazed door with sidelights. First floor has C19 12-pane sash to left, C20 3-pane light to right. Projecting to left, the wash house, with single storey privy to end left; over the single storey range, slate roof with one hand made ridge tile remaining; rear wall of the wash house in rendered cob. At the right side, front and rear ranges rendered and lined out. Single storey C20 addition; first floor to right an C18 2-light casement with leaded lights. Rear rendered and lined out. To left, ground floor 3-light casement lighting dairy, attached at base of wall a granite pig-salting trough with heavy slate lid. At first floor, 2 C20 2- light casements. Brick stack rising from eaves to right heating original rear kitchen. To rear centre, 2-storey kitchen wing of mid C19, with gable end stack; to the left side 4-panelled door and C20 casement, at first floor 2 C19 2-light casements. Gable end has external stone stair to the apple-loft, which is a 2-storey lean-to in roughly coursed rubble, with 2 ventilation slits at ground and first floor, and door at top of stair. Curved oven at base of the kitchen stack, concealed by apple loft. To right the 2-storey wash house, with door and 2-light casement at ground floor, 2-light casement at first floor. Single storey shed to right with privy at end. Interior: In the front entrance hall, 6-panelled door to right and left. Room to right has marble chimneypiece, and cupboard with shaped shelves. Room to left has Delft tiles around the door to the conservatory. Straight stair to rear of passage with stick balusters and column newel at first floor. Dairy to rear right has slate floor and slate shelves. First floor front rooms have 4-panelled doors and C19 cast iron grates to fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SX3710359088

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