Darracott Farmhouse

Darracott Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse, extended in the early 19th century. It is built of stone rubble and cob, with the front elevation hung with rag slates. The steeply pitched rag slate roof has gable ends, and includes stone rubble and brick end stacks, as well as a brick axial stack on the rear slope.

The original layout was likely a two-room, cross-passage plan, with the entrance slightly to the right of centre. The right-hand room may have served as a hall kitchen, while the left-hand room was probably a parlour. The left-hand room was possibly partitioned off in the 18th or 19th century, creating a dairy to the rear, though this partition has since been removed. An outshut extension across the rear of the passage and the right-hand room was probably added in the early 19th century. A lean-to outshut on the left was previously an apple store, and a right-hand lean-to addition is 20th century.

The front of the house has a regular three-window facade. A late 19th-century porch is positioned to the right of centre, containing a 19th-century panelled door. There’s a renewed two-light casement window to the left and a 19th-century three-light casement to the right of the porch. Three 19th-century two-light casement windows are on the first floor.

Inside, a 19th-century staircase is located on the right-hand side of the passage. Fireplace lintels in the front ground floor rooms have been replaced.