North Beer Farmhouse On West Side Of Settlement At North Beer

North Beer Farmhouse is a farmhouse located on the west side of the settlement at North Beer. It likely dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century, although it may have earlier origins. The building is constructed from rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. There is a projecting stone rubble and cob end stack on the left side and a brick axial stack near the center, with a brick shaft on the rear slope of the axial stack.

The original layout of the farmhouse is uncertain. It may have been designed as a three-room and through or cross passage plan, with an entrance to the right of center. The hall, located on the higher left side, is heated by the axial stack, while an inner room beyond on the left is heated by the end stack. It is unclear if the lower end on the right was unheated. A shippon was added to the right side, likely in the 18th century. Alternatively, the house may have originally had a two-room and passage plan, which now makes up the left side of the current structure, with a third room added on the right in the later 17th century and the shippon beyond in the 18th century. An outshut extension, which contains a dairy, was added to the rear of the left room, probably in the 18th century, and another outshut at the rear of the lower end dates from the later 18th century.

The farmhouse is two storeys high with an asymmetrical three-window front and the shippon on the right. The left side features a three-light window and a 20th-century door with a one-light casement near the center. There is a 19th-century door to the right of center, likely the original entrance, along with a 20th-century window and a plank door to the right. The first floor has three probably 19th-century two-light casements.

Inside, the fireplaces are blocked, and the ceiling beams are not visible. A 19th-century or early 20th-century stair has been inserted in the central room. The roof structure over the higher end on the left consists of three A-frame trusses with morticed apices and collars that are dovetailed with curved notches and lap-jointed onto the face of the principals. The principals are in good condition, although the rafters and ridge are blackened and roughly cut. Above the passage and lower end, the roof structure is likely from the 18th century. The eaves were raised in the late 18th century or early 19th century, and there is a secondary roof structure above the earlier timbers.