Mountpleasant House — MOUNTPLEASANT OR TAGUNNAN

Detached three- or five-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse with dormer attic, rebuilt 1750, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting open porch to ground floor; three- or five-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1968. "Restored", 2000. For sale, 2005. Replacement hipped gabled slate roof with pressed or rolled lead ridges, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping, rooflights to front (south) pitch, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Replacement rendered, ruled and lined walls; replacement rendered, ruled and lined surface finish to rear (north) elevation centred on date stone ("1657"). Round-headed central opening approached by flight of five cut-granite steps with concealed dressings. Square-headed door opening into farmhouse with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings (ground floor) or cut-granite lintel course (first floor) framing replacement two-over-two sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation centred on square-headed window openings (half-landings) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two sash windows centred on two-over-two sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with rendered, ruled and lined piers to perimeter having ball finial-topped capping.