Spreyton Combe Farmhouse

This is a farmhouse dating back to the early 17th century, with alterations and additions from the 18th century and later. The farmhouse is constructed of rubble, with some areas rendered on the front, and has a pantiled roof with brick gable stacks. The rear wing has a double Roman tiled roof. The plan is L-shaped, formed by an outbuilding joined to the main house, likely in the late 17th or early 18th century. Originally designed with a through passage, the front (now rear) elevation, facing south, has two storeys and three windows. The roofline steps down to the block on the left. The ground floor features two 2-light casement windows to the left, a panelled and glass door within a bolection moulded frame with a cambered head (the jambs have been repaired), and a 3-light casement window to the right. The first floor has two 2-light casement windows under the eaves to the left, and a 2-light casement with a timber lintel to the right. On the right return, a timber member remains in the wall, alongside a small 20th-century window next to a flue. There’s a 2-light casement with a chamfered mullion and frame, a timber lintel at the first floor, and an attic window with a chamfered frame and timber lintel. A 19th-century 2-light casement has also been inserted. The rear elevation shows a straight joint where the roofline steps down and has two 20th-century windows, one replacing a former door, and a 20th-century door to the right. The first floor has a 3-light double chamfered window with a timber lintel to the left, and a 20th-century window under the eaves to the right.

The 1½-storey rear wing shows straight joints indicating where it is attached to the main house. The ground floor of the wing has a 20th-century window and door under the same timber lintel, two 3-light casements under one timber lintel (all dating to the early 19th century), and a 20th-century door to the right. There are two 20th-century dormers, while the original outbuilding has battered walls and a ridge stack, formerly a gable stack. An addition is visible at the end.

Inside, a ground-floor room on the right, thought to be the former hall, has a chamfered beam with bar and scroll stops. The central room has 19th-century panelling and a winder stair behind a plank and batten door. A chamber above the former hall exhibits ovolo mouldings, loop catches on a 3-light casement, a chamfered beam with bar and scroll stops, and cupboard panelling with butterfly hinges. This room has been divided to create a passage providing access to the rear wing, and would previously have contained a large closet lit by a 2-light window on the right return. The former outbuilding has slightly cambered chamfered beams with scroll stops and includes an oven with a cast iron door in the fireplace.