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Helland House, Mabe, Cornwall, Historic building record and archaeological watching brief |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Proposals to extend Helland House and renovate and convert an outbuilding to residential use prompted a programme of historic building recording and an archaeological watching brief to be carried out. The present farmstead adjoins an extant lann or early medieval Christian site on its west side. The farmhouse facing the lann appears to have been largely rebuilt in the 18th century and lawns and gardens to the front were most likely laid out around this time. At the rear of the farmhouse is a surviving older wing and a paved courtyard. A former farmyard with piggeries and other outbuildings lies to the east. Between the domestic courtyard and farmyard is a range of buildings including a former cottage and stable. The cottage is also most likely to be of 18th century origin and its relatively plain character indicates it was built as a farm labourer's house. Originally thatched, the cottage walls were heightened in the 19th century to become two full storeys and the roof replaced in slate. This building continued in residential use into the early 20th century and it was later reused as a washhouse with a loft above. The stable was extended in the 19th century to its present footprint, and was also heightened following the enlargement of the cottage. The granite-built piggeries are of mid 19th century date. The southernmost piggery was built against an earlier farmyard wall which once incorporated bee boles. The bee bole recesses were most likely reused as internal keeping places when the piggery was constructed. The low situation of the farmhouse and outbuildings compared with the road to the north strongly suggests that when the current buildings were constructed considerable reduction of levels occurred, which has largely destroyed traces of earlier activity. |
Author: |
N Thomas
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Helland |
Parish: |
MABE |
District: |
Cornwall |
County: |
Cornwall |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Helland House |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Helland House Mabe Cornwall |
Grid Reference: 175301, 31443 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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HOUSE
(Monument Type England)
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19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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Early 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Mid 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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OASIS Id: |
cornwall2-133128 |
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A4 bound document
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |