Higher Abbott'S Wootton Farmhouse

Higher Abbott's Wootton Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was formerly a monastic grange, dating from the mid 15th century, with later alterations and a 19th-century extension to the southwest. The building features rubble-stone walls with stone quoins and a stone buttress on the south elevation, which has weathering and a plinth. The roof is covered with plain tiles, featuring a gable end on the left side and a hipped end on the right. There is one brick stack at the left gable and another at the rear eaves.

The plan of the farmhouse is not entirely clear, but it likely includes living accommodation to the left of the door and agricultural use to the right, possibly divided by a central cross-passage. Originally, there was a first-floor hall. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has four windows. The left-hand ground window has a moulded surround with a trefoil-cusped head and originally featured a 4-light stone-mullion window, though the mullions have been removed. Above this window is a label with returned ends and square stops. Currently, it has 3-light wooden casements with lead lights, while the other windows are 2-light metal casements with wooden frames and cills, also with leaded lights.

The front door is centrally located, flanked by stone jambs and topped with a Tudor-arch head, which is rebated on the inner face. There is a brick porch with a tiled pentice roof from the 18th century, and the door itself is a wide plank door.

Inside, the hall features 15th-century moulded ceiling beams that create four large compartments. There is a deep chamfered beam with half-pyramid stops. The roof structure is of arch-braced collar-beam construction from the 15th century. The inverted ceiling has hollow chamfered beams from the 18th century, and there are plank-and-muntin partitions on both the ground floor and first-floor rooms.