Underhill Farmhouse

Underhill Farmhouse is probably 17th century, with elements of an earlier building incorporated into its design. It appears to have a baffle-entry plan, suggesting it may have originally been part of an open-hall house. The farmhouse is constructed from rendered rubblestone and timber, with some areas of timber frame believed to be of cruck construction. It has a graded slate roof with rendered coped verges.

The building is one storey and has an attic. The front has early 20th-century casement windows, two to the left (one metal) and one to the right of a wide, gabled 20th-century timber porch with glazed outer doors. Dormer windows are set into the lower part of the roof slope, with the left one being larger. A rubblestone ridge stack with a dripstone to the right of the porch has been rebuilt in 19th-century red brick at the top, while a similar external end stack sits to the right. The rear of the building reveals some timber frame construction on the left side. A rubblestone lean-to at the rear on the right likely contains a bread oven.

The interior, which could not be inspected during a resurvey in November 1986, features heavy joists in the left ground-floor room, which appears to have been used as a dairy. The centre room possesses a chamfered spine beam, joists, and an infill inglenook fireplace with a segmental wooden lintel. A possible cruck blade is visible towards the front, in line with the corner of the porch. A plank door is located to the left of the lobby. The right ground-floor room also has a chamfered spine beam and joists. A 20th-century timber addition attached to the right gable end is not considered to have any architectural significance.