Treffry Farmhouse Lanhydrock, England

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MATERIALS: local stone rubble and granite, exposed at basement level. The front elevation is slate hung; the rear and side elevations are pebble-dashed. The hipped roof is currently hung with artificial slate, with ridge tiles; the side stacks are of brick. There are two C20 inserted roof-lights; the common rafters have been replaced together with the roof covering, and if the attic was once lit by dormer windows no indication of this is thought to remain. The basement windows have brick arches. On the front elevation the window openings hold early-C19 nine-over-nine sash frames with a good proportion of old glass remaining. To rear, eight-over-eight frames, with horned sashes at ground-floor level. The basement window openings hold C20 casements.

PLAN: rectangular double pile plan, with principal frontage to south. There is a later, C18 or C19 outbuilding attached to the west, with a further small lean-to building adjoining to the north, and a small single-storey extension attached to the north-east corner. The site slopes downwards to the north, the basement being approached at ground level.

EXTERIOR: the house is of two storeys with basement, and is three bays wide, with a window above the central entrance; the original window openings are markedly tall and narrow. The entrance has its original door, with raised and fielded panels, the upper two panels now glazed. The door is approached by three granite steps, and sheltered by a late-C19 timber porch with margin-glazed lights containing etched and coloured glass. The east elevation is blind; the blind western elevation is partially obscured by the attached agricultural building. In the rear elevation, the window openings are wider; the ground-floor windows have segmental arches. Centrally, beneath the eaves, is a small casement window, lighting the upper landing. The rear entrance, slightly off-centre to east, is reached by a flight of semi-circular steps, incorporating a mounting or loading block to left. The two-panelled planked door with original furniture has an inserted glazed light. Projecting above the entrance is a C20 bathroom extension, resting on iron posts. The basement is entered through a doorway to east.

INTERIOR: the house retains an unusually complete early-C18 interior. The front door leads to a hall, from which the four rooms open, the stair being at the far end. The tight open-well stair is wide, and is of the open-string type, with three turned balusters to each tread (two of these have been replaced) and turned newel posts; the brackets are carved with a flower and scroll design, noted as being similar to that embellishing the stair at nearby Lancarffe in Helland parish. In the hall, the doors and frames are original, each door with six raised fielded panels; except in that to the western front room, the panels are fielded on the outer face only. The doors have been stripped of their original finish. The hall has a moulded cornice, and skirting board. The eastern front room has complete fielded panelling, the door forming part of the scheme, with panelled window embrasures; there is a dentil cornice, and dado rail. This panelling is a remarkable survival, particularly in that it retains what appears to be its original high-quality wood-graining, the softwood being grained to resemble oak. The grained chimneypiece is thought to be C20. The door to this room retains what may be the original lock-case and handle. The western front room is smaller, and is without surviving historic features. The western back room retains panelling to dado level on the back wall, with a window seat incorporated; this panelling, with recessed panels, is later than that found in the eastern front room, dating from the later C18 or early C19. This back room also contains a fixed corner cupboard, the H-hinges having decorative ends. The fireplace has been removed, though the hearth remains. The eastern back room now contains a modern kitchen,