Higher Henwood Farmhouse

Higher Henwood Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century, with additions and alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The construction is of granite rubble, partly rendered, with a slurried slate roof, ridge tiles, and gable ends. The main range features gable end stacks with cornices, while the addition to the left has a hipped roof and a front lateral stack with a pyramidal cap.

The original plan was based on a two-room layout with a central entrance, each room heated by a gable end stack. A one-room addition was built in the 19th century, heated by a front lateral stack and containing a porch entrance. A single-story outshut extends from the rear of the passage and the room on the right. A two-story outshut is located at the rear left, behind the original room and the 19th-century addition, with a further single-story addition to the rear left, with gable ends and a gable end stack at the inner end.

The front of the farmhouse presents a symmetrical three-window facade. The first floor has two 2-light 12-pane casements, and one 2-light 8-pane casement. The ground floor includes a central porch with a hipped roof and 20th-century glazing, alongside a panelled and glazed door, a 2-light 2-pane casement to the right, and a 3-light 12-pane casement to the left. A straight joint marks the division from the left-hand addition, which features its own hipped roof porch, a glazed front, and a half-glazed door with an inner 4-panelled door. The upper gable end incorporates two rows of square pigeon holes with slate perches.

The rear elevation includes a single-story outshut to the left with a 4-pane light. Other rear windows include a small 2-light casement on the main range, paired 6-pane sashes, a plain door with a timber lintel, and a small 2-pane light in the gable end of a further addition. The interior is not accessible. The group value context of this listing is that it is a building of significant architectural merit.