Higher Wringworthy Farmhouse And Garden Wall To Front

Farmhouse and garden wall. Possibly dating from the early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of stone rubble, with slate hanging on the upper right-hand gable end and the rear elevation. It has a scantle slate roof, cement-washed, with a lower left-hand gable end and a half-hipped right-hand higher end. The rear wing has an asbestos slate roof. There are chimney stacks: a lower projecting gable end stack to the kitchen on the left with a 20th-century brick shaft; a rendered axial brick stack at the higher end of the hall; a rendered brick end chimney stack to the inner room at the higher end on the right; a projecting truncated chimney stack to the rear wing; and a 20th-century front lateral brick shaft to an outshut on the lower right-hand gable end.

The farmhouse follows a three-room and cross-passage plan with a kitchen at the lower end on the right, and a heated wing at the rear of the passage. The hall and inner room are of near-equal size. The original position of the staircase is uncertain.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a regular three-window front. The ground floor has three probable 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, set beneath dressed stone segmental arches. A probable 20th-century part-glazed door is set within a dressed stone segmental arch, placed asymmetrically between the first and second window openings. A straight joint is visible to the left of the door. The first floor has three probable 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars. A C19 outshut was added to the lower left-hand gable end, with a probable 19th-century lean-to outshut to the rear, between the rear projecting wing and the lower end. A 20th-century glazed outshut of concrete block with 20th-century fenestration and a corrugated asbestos roof is also present. The interior includes fireplaces that have been partly blocked. The inner room and first floor were not inspected.

A stone rubble wall runs along the front of the house, enclosing a small garden. Higher Wringworthy Farmhouse is notable for its plan, reflecting a probable early 19th-century building that combines the traditional three-room layout with a large, parlour-like inner room of the same size as the hall.