Glebe Farmhouse

Glebe Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was originally a row of three cottages, dating from the early 18th century and refurbished in the early to mid-20th century. It is constructed from plastered local stone and flint rubble, with stone rubble stacks—one of which is disused and the other topped with 20th-century brick—and has a thatched roof. The house has a three-room plan facing west, with the left (south) end adjoining the churchyard. The left room serves as a parlour and features a projecting gable-end stack. An axial stack is located between the other two rooms, which used to have back-to-back fireplaces. The 20th-century alterations have obscured much of the building's original layout as a row of three one-up, one-down cottages.

The exterior has an irregular five-window front, primarily featuring 20th-century casements without glazing bars, although a couple of 19th-century windows have had their glazing bars removed. The first-floor windows extend into the thatch. There are two front doorways, one at each end, both fitted with 20th-century doors. The window immediately to the right of the left doorway blocks another doorway. The roof is half-hipped at both ends.

Inside, the space has largely been modernized in the 20th century. The carpentry details in the left (south) room and its fireplace are also from this period. However, the centre and right rooms retain chamfered axial beams with straight cut stops. The centre room features a fireplace made mostly of stone rubble, with a chamfered oak lintel and a Bideford cloam oven. The fireplace in the right room is blocked, and the space has been converted into a lavatory closet. The roof mainly consists of common rafter couples that may be original, but there is also one 18th-century A-frame truss with a pegged lap-jointed collar. Glebe Farmhouse is part of an attractive group of listed buildings in the small village of Yarcombe.