Rosecare Villa Farmhouse
ROSECARE VILLA FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1312340
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Rosecare Villa Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- ROSECARE VILLA FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1312340
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Rosecare Villa Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROSECARE VILLA FARMHOUSE
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROSECARE VILLA FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Gennys
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 17861 94889
Details
ST GENNYS ROSECARE SX 19 SE 10/35 Rosecare Villa Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse and outbuilding. 1720 with earlier wings and early C20 addition to left of main range. Main range designed for himself by Mr Stacey, a slate captain. Whitewashed rendered cob with slate roofs and rendered brick chimneys to main range which is 3 rooms wide with rear corridor. Ground floor rooms right and centre heated from one cob stack, later stack inserted to heat ground floor room left. Projecting single-storey rear wings (described in 1741 as large and small kitchens) form rear courtyard plan. Fourth side of courtyard completed by range of 1720 outbuilding with slate roof carried over on courtyard side as canopy supported by slim slate uprights. South front of main range, now garden front, symmetrical, 2- storey, 3-windows, hipped roof, rendering scored to imitate stone. Glazed verandah largely C20 but retaining 2 cast iron columns from early C19 design. 2nd, probably C19, entrance to ground floor room left. Windows 12-pane sashes with shutters. Interior has good fireplaces and retains most of its slate floors. Saddlery to rear of ground floor left. C20 entrance porch into east end of corridor. Rear wing right has circa C17 slatestone fireplace with broad fireplace beam. Rear wing left has partially blocked fireplace with fireplace beam. Rear outbuilding has small room at east end previously used for apothecary's shop and as rent window. Intact pantry at west end of rear outbuilding has slate-topped benches and and table. North side of rear outbuilding ingeniously constructed of bolted slates below overlapping boards. Bolted slate garden wall. Rear courtyard partially cobbled. Stacey's designs for ambitious ornamental gardens apparently not completed, plans at Rosecare Villa Farm.
Listing NGR: SX1786194889
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 67244
- 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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