Chelsea Farmhouse

Chelsea Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the mid to late 17th century, with 19th and 20th-century extensions. The original 17th-century part is constructed from plastered cob on stone rubble footings, featuring a stone rubble stack topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and has a thatched roof. The 19th-century section is made of brick with a slate roof, while the 20th-century extension is composed of plastered blockwork with a concrete tile roof.

The farmhouse has a three-room lobby entrance plan and faces southwest. The central and left rooms are divided by an axial stack that serves back-to-back fireplaces, with the lobby entrance situated in front of this stack. The right room is smaller and unheated, likely used originally as a dairy or buttery, and is set at a slightly different angle from the rest of the house. To the right of the 17th-century house is a 19th-century one-room plan extension, which was likely built as an agricultural outbuilding and converted for domestic use in the 20th century. There is also a 20th-century service extension on the left end.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and features a front with a window arrangement of one:three:two, mostly consisting of 20th-century casements with glazing bars. However, the central portion includes a 19th-century 16-pane sash window, and on the first floor, there is a 17th-century oak-framed window with chamfered mullions. The original lobby entrance doorway is located to the left of centre, next to a raking brick buttress, and contains a part-glazed 20th-century door. To the right, a second doorway has been added to the original buttery/dairy, featuring a 20th-century door behind a contemporary rustic porch with a thatched gabled roof and trellis sides. The 19th-century brick section has a symmetrical two-window arrangement around a central doorway, which also has a 20th-century door. The main roof is gable-ended. Although the interior was not available for inspection during the survey, it is reported to contain original 17th-century carpentry details. Feniton is a charming village that boasts a good collection of listed buildings.