Description

HARBERTON SX75NE 5/366 Hernaford Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Circa 1830-40. Slate rubble with stuccoed front and slate hung south side. Slurried scantle slate single span roof with gabled ends and deep eaves with paired brackets to soffit. Some early crested ridge tiles reused from earlier house. Chimney stacks in gable ends. Plan: Double depth plan, approximately square, with central entrance hall/passage containing stairs at back and with principal room either side at front and kitchen, dairy and servants'stair at rear. Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical east front. 3 bays. 16-pane sashes to first floor and 8 over 12-pane sashes to ground floor. Central doorway with panelled reveals and original panelled door. Later porch with octagonal timber posts supporting slated canopy. At rear, central tall round- headed stair window with sash complete with glazing bars and radiating glazing bar at top. Interior: Stairs at rear of central stair hall with wreathed mahogany handrail and stick balusters. Front room on south side has marble chimneypiece. All the original internal joinery is intact including moulded doorframes, panelled doors and shutters. The moulded ceiling conrices are also intact. Note: Hernaford Farmhouse probably replaced an earlier farmhouse which is probably the much older house now known as Hernaford Cottage (qv).

Listing NGR: SX7831455459

External Links

• Wikidata Q26576636

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