Lower Tamsquite

Lower Tamsquite is a house dating from the late 17th century, constructed of rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. It has a projecting stone rubble end stack on the left with a renewed rendered shaft, while the stack on the right gable end has been removed.

The house has a two-room layout, likely with a cross passage, heated by end stacks. The larger room is on the left, and the smaller room on the right has had its fireplace removed. There is a 20th-century extension on the right gable end, likely built on the site of 18th-century service outshots.

The exterior is two stories high with an asymmetrical three-window front. To the right of the center is a 20th-century rendered gabled porch, flanked by two 2-light centre-hung casements from the late 19th or early 20th century, with three windows above.

Inside, the left room features a roughly chamfered timber lintel, which is probably reused. There is a 19th-century lateral stair against the rear wall, opposite the entrance, with stick balusters and an 18th-century door to a cupboard adjoining, which has raised and fielded panels. The roof structure, dating from the 18th century, is of A-frame construction with lap-jointed and pegged apices and collars.