Lurcombe Farmhouse

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BICKINGTON SX 77 SE 7/12 Lurcombe Farmhouse 23.8.55 GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C16 or earlier, altered C17, early C18 and mid C19; C20 additions at the rear. Rendered cob with some stone. Slated roof. Large projecting chimneystack in centre of front wall, immediately left of the entrance- porch; attached flue in front, probably a brick addition. C19 stack on left gable and another at right-hand end, on front slope of roof. 3-room and through-passage plan with former parlour probably at upper end and kitchen at lower end, although the 'parlour' seems to have had a domestic function latterly; through-passage has been widened to insert a staircase. 2 storeys. 4-window front, the second bay from right a 2-storeyed entrance-porch. Windows mostly have C20 wood casements with glazing-bars, but left-hand second-storey window is a C19 casement of 4 lights with 3 panes per light; C20 French window in right-hand bay of ground storey. Gabled entrance-porch, the ground-storey open-fronted with solid side-walls, probably of stone faced with some brick, the upper storey timber-framed. The timber-framing at the front is partly exposed and is of a thin C18 or C19 character; it rests on a chamfered C20 lintel. Inside the porch, at either side, are wooden seats with beaded edges, their ends rounded at the front. Door is C19, with 2 sunk panels at the bottom and 4 panes of glass above. At rear of through- passage the back doorway (now within a C20 extension) has a granite lintel, probably of early C18, carved with 2 large S-scrolls resembling a swan-neck pediment; jambs rebuilt. Interior: through-passage has partition on hall side faced at the rear end with wide old planks, horizontally laid and with bead-moulded edges; the wall behind is said to be of concrete block. Hall fireplace has hollow-moulded granite jamb on right with convex stop at the foot; wood lintel, probably a C17 replacement, is chamfered with notched scroll-stops. Upper-floor beam, which is chamfered with run-out stops, is laid lengthwise. At upper end is a plank-and-muntin screen, probably of C18, with ovolo-moulded studs; it is not of oak, but possibly of elm. Room at upper end, possibly a parlour originally, has a big granite trough partly set into rear wall; it has a small ledge at either end on the inside and is believed to have been used for salting. The room at lower end has a very large gable-fireplace with a C20 wood lintel. Upper-floor beams are chamfered with indeterminate stops, possibly straight-cuts. In second storey is a re-set late C16 or C17 wooden window, originally in a cob wall inside the former outbuilding (now a cottage) immediately north-west of the house; it is of 3 lights with flat-splay mullions having run-out stops at the top, the left-hand light retaining its original upright, diagonally set bar. Roof-structure is entirely C19, having king- post-and-ridge trusses with upward braces from the king-post; it closely resembles the roof of the shippon (separately listed), which has a datestone of 1851.

Listing NGR: SX7988873362

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