Knightstone Down Farmhouse

Knightstone Down Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse located in Morchard Bishop. It features plastered cob on rubble footings, with rubble stacks topped by 19th-century brick and a slate roof that was originally thatch. The building has a two-room main block that faces south, designed as a lobby entrance house with a large axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces. There is a kitchen wing with a gable end fireplace positioned at right angles to the rear. The stairs are located in the main block at the back of the stack, accessed from the smaller left (western) front room. The farmhouse has two storeys and a four-window front, predominantly featuring late 19th-century casements, some with glazing bars, alongside 18th-century flat-faced mullion windows that have shallow internal ogee mouldings. Notably, an 18th-century three-light window on the first floor to the right of centre has leaded glass in the outer lights. A 20th-century glass-sided porch leads to the door below. The wall plate is exposed under the eaves. Inside, the left room contains a chamfered and run-out stopped crossbeam, while the right room features a chamfered and scroll-stopped crossbeam. All three fireplaces are currently blocked. The roof is inaccessible, but the lower parts of the principals suggest simple A-frame trusses.