Caduscott

Caduscott is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, which was remodeled in the early 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble, with slate hung on the left-hand gable end and rear wing. The building features a slate roof with gable ends, and a slightly higher roof on the rear wing. There are stone rubble stacks on the gable ends, with the right-hand stack rendered and topped with a brick shaft. A rear lateral stack, also with a brick shaft, is incorporated into a later outshut at the back.

The layout of the farmhouse has been altered; it was probably originally designed with three rooms and a through passage but now consists of two rooms with a wide entrance hall. A rear wing was added in the late 17th or early 18th century, and an outshut fills the space between the two wings, creating a rectangular, double-depth plan. The hall fireplace has been reoriented to heat the room within the outshut.

The building is two storeys high and has a regular four-window front. On the ground floor, there are two double 12-pane sash windows with heavy glazing bars. The right-hand window is beneath a chamfered timber lintel with run-out stops, while the left-hand window has an unmoulded lintel. There is a partly glazed 19th-century door with a fanlight above, and a straight joint to the right of the door indicates evidence of part rebuilding of the front wall. A continuous string course runs above the ground floor windows and door. On the upper floor, there are three 16-pane sashes with early 18th-century heavy glazing bars, along with a 20th-century two-light casement in a new opening. The rear outshut has a cat slide roof.

To the right of the gable end, there are stone rubble outbuildings that project forward, featuring a steeply pitched asbestos slate roof. Inside, the left room has late 17th-century bolection moulded panelling with a chair rail, and a complete late 17th or early 18th-century cornice that breaks forward above the door. There is a six-panel 19th-century door and a 19th-century marble chimney piece. The first floor has 18th-century fielded panelled doors. The main range has a roof of nine bays, with at least four pairs of principals that have slightly curved feet. The collars are slightly cambered, halved, and pegged into the principals. The diagonal ridge has been partly replaced, and there are carpenter's marks on three principals that are out of sequence by one bay, indicating little evidence of reuse. The rear wing features a collar rafter roof with straight principals.