Treboul Farmhouse England, UK

Listed Building Description

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ST GERMANS SX 35 NW 4/76 Treboul Farmhouse

GV II

Estate Farmhouse. Circa 1860, built for the Port Eliot estate by the Great Western Railway. Few later alterations. Slatestone rubble with limestone dressings and quoins. Slate roof with gable ends and gable end stacks. Plan: Double depth plan, with slightly projecting wing to front left for principal room, central entrance in main range and second principal room to front right. Service rooms to rear. Overall L-plan. Asymmetrical Tudor Gothic style. Exterior: 2 storeys, gabled wing to left and 2 bays to right. The wing has a canted bay at ground floor with embattled parapet and C20 4-pane light, string course; first floor paired 4-pane lights with hood mould and single light at attic level. Gabled porch set in the angle to the right, with steep 4-centred arched doorway with hood mould and double door; final to gable. C20 window in chamfered surround above. To right, similar paired lights at ground floor and single light above. Formerly had open pierced bargeboards, replaced by scalloped bargeboards in C20. Left side has two 4-pane lights at ground and first floor, single light at attic and string course over the ground floor windows. Right side has two 4-pane lights at ground floor with string course, paired (-pane lights with hood mould at first floor and single light at attic. Rear has 4-pane sashes at first floor; single storey wing attached to right with 3 plate-glass sashes. 2 asymmetrical gables with 2 paired and central single 4-pane lights, string course over. 3 single lights at attic. The ground floor has a covered glazed corridor along the main range and a small single storey addition to end right. Interior: Not inspected. Treboul Farmhouse was built as compensation for land lost in St Germans village when the railway was constructed.

Listing NGR: SX3465857427