Higher Tregantle Farmhouse

Higher Tregantle Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to the 17th century, with significant alterations and additions made in 1785 and the 19th century. The building is constructed of slatestone rubble, featuring brick dressings, some rendered surfaces, and a slate roof, hipped to the right and over the front porch wing. A gable end stack is situated at the former lower end to the left, a front lateral stack to the former hall on the right, and a gable end stack to the right of the rear parallel wing.

Originally designed with a three-room plan and through passage, the upper end is situated to the right and the lower end to the left. The front lateral stack originally heated the upper end. A single-storey front porch was initially present. In 1785, the porch was enlarged to create a small front parlour and a second storey was added. The lower end was remodelled, and the passage wall removed to create an entrance hall with a rear staircase. A passage was also formed to the rear right, leading to a parallel rear service wing added around 1785.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a 1:1:1 window arrangement. The bay on the left is in rubble, featuring a 12-pane sash window with a segmental brick head and surround on both the ground and first floor. The central porch features a panelled and glazed door, also with a segmental brick head, and 12-pane sash windows in exposed boxes of differing sizes. The wall to the left shows signs of raising in height, rendered with battered walls at ground floor. The bay to the right has a front lateral stack partially enclosed by the porch, a 16-pane sash window with sidelights on the ground floor, and a 12-pane sash window on the first floor, rendered. The right side includes the rear parallel range with a wide external stack incorporating an oven at the base and an 8-pane sash window at first floor level. The end of the front range projects beyond the rear range and displays a datestone on the rear. Between the two ranges, a 20th-century glazed door and a single light with a brick segmental head are visible.

The rear range to the left has a half-gable end with a 2-light casement window at both ground and first floor levels; the ground floor room was formerly used as a dairy. The rear of the dairy features a 2-light casement window at ground floor and a 2-pane light under the eaves, extended by a rear wing with a single light at first floor. A single-storey outhouse is attached to the rear. A narrow, gable-ended brick addition from the 19th century extends to the rear centre, with a 20th-century 3-light window to the left and a 20th-century 2-light window at first floor. A single-storey rubble outhouse is attached to the rear with a slate roof and an unglazed window in the gable end.

Inside, the front entrance hall includes 19th-century moulded doorframes and an open-wall staircase with stick balusters. The front porch parlour exhibits 18th-century fielded dado panelling, and a pillar supports the ceiling where the passage wall was removed to the right of the entrance. The front room to the right features a coved plaster cornice and a round-arched opening to the rear. On the first floor, the room above the porch has a cupboard with a panelled door fitted with left-hand hinges. The room to the front right has a coved cornice, while the room to the front left has 18th-century cupboards with 2-panelled doors and drawers with right-hand hinges.