West Forde Farmhouse

West Forde Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with a possibly earlier core. It underwent extensive remodeling in the late 19th century. The building is constructed from plastered cob and rubble, with rubble and brick stacks, and has a coated slate roof. It features a long, gable-ended, four-room plan that faces a farmyard to the west. There is a through-passage between the two southern rooms, with stacks backing onto the passage on each side, and another axial stack between the two northern rooms.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has an irregular five-window front. The main door, located in the right passage, is a late 19th century six-panel door with panelled reveals and is accompanied by a contemporary flat-roofed porch supported by cast iron posts. To the right of the door is a 12-pane sash window, and to the left is a 16-pane sash window. The three windows further left are late 19th and 20th century casements, with the latter lacking glazing bars. There are also two 20th century doors between these windows.

On the first floor, the windows are regular late 19th century casements with glazing bars, and the left end window is blind with a painted casement. The east-facing garden front has a symmetrical arrangement of three windows at the left end surrounding a central passage door, which is a six-panel door with a late 19th century porch featuring trellis sides and an elliptical arch valance with openwork enrichment under a monopitch roof. There is a large 16-pane sash window to the right, a replacement casement to the left, and three small 16-pane sashes on the first floor. The right end has late 19th and 20th century casements.

The interior reflects the late 19th century refurbishment, but the roof structure comprises a series of late 17th to early 18th century A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.