Thatch End And Attached Barn To East

This is an early 17th century house and attached barn, with possible origins earlier than that, partly remodelled in the later 17th century and renovated in the late 20th century. It was once converted into three cottages. The house is constructed of rendered cob and has a thatched roof, while the barn has a corrugated-asbestos roof, half-hipped at the right end and gabled at the left. The house has a three-room plan, with a heated central and left-hand room, and a potentially original unheated single-storey outshut at the lower (west) end. An adjoining barn to the left features a late 16th/early 17th century roof and a wide cartway.

The front of the house has a picturesque appearance with two massive projecting lateral stacks featuring long set-offs. A slate-roofed pentice forms a porch hood over the doorway to the right of the centre. A second doorway at the left-hand end dates from the cottage conversion period, with a stack removed. The windows are mostly 20th-century timber replacements; some on the right-hand side have glazing bars. A double doorway provides access to the barn, and a loft doorway in the return wall is now glazed.

The barn roof is particularly notable, featuring trusses with curved feet, mortised collars, and truncated principal feet at the rear of the ridge. Evidence suggests a rear door once existed, as well as a front threshing door, though the loft has now been removed except over the cartway. The house's interior hall retains good quality carpentry, including a chamfered step-stopped crossbeam and chamfered stopped joists. A fireplace with stone rubble jambs and a timber lintel may conceal an earlier fireplace. The lower end room has simpler carpentry and a lower ceiling. A stone staircase at the rear of the hall was replaced with a timber one. The main roof consists of pegged A-frame trusses added in the late 17th century, with halved collars, while the roof over the right-hand room appears to be later, potentially from the late 18th century with smaller timbers and a butt collar. An unusual plain plank and muntin partition is located at the junction of the hall and lower end room, projecting into the roof space. The building is situated close to other listed buildings at Lower Blagdon.