Lower Coombe Farmhouse

Lower Coombe Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 16th century, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed of roughcast cob on stone footings and features a gabled-end and half-hipped roof, which is pantiled with some areas covered in corrugated asbestos. The building likely started as a three-room cross-passage plan house, with the service end located to the right of the passage. Originally, the hall and inner room were open to the roof, but the service end was re-roofed in the 18th century, creating a distinct break in the roof line between the hall and the service end, making it difficult to determine its original appearance. The hall was later fitted with an external lateral stack, which is now partially dismantled.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a front elevation featuring a five-window range. The first floor has two and three-light 19th-century casement windows, while the ground floor includes a two-light horizontally sliding sash window with wooden sill guide pegs at the service end and a French window leading to the hall. At the rear, there is an early two-light casement window with a chamfered surround and stanchions, divided by one of the roof trusses. The left-hand end wall, now internal, has a blocked two-light window with a chamfered surround.

Inside, the farmhouse features three jointed crucks, with the cruck in the inner room heavily smoke-blackened. The upper blades of the two hall crucks appear to have been replaced, while the lower blades show signs of sooting. There are 18th-century elm trusses above the service end, and one chamfered ceiling beam in the hall, which is jointed into the truss and features a hollow step stop and bar. Additionally, two bee boles are preserved on the front wall of the outbuilding adjacent to the left of the house range.