Oburneford Farmhouse

Oburneford Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, which was remodeled and extended in the early 19th century. It is constructed of cob, with some stone and brick, and is plastered under a gabled end slate roof. Originally, it was a three-room, cross-passage house with a rear parlour wing, which remains in plan only. The entire structure was extensively refurbished in the early 19th century, during which an additional rear wing was added, along with a single-storey range parallel to the front.

The farmhouse features an external lateral side stack with slate set-offs that heats the parlour wing, and it has a brick shaft. It is two storeys tall and has an asymmetrical front with a four-window range. The windows are 16-pane hornless sash windows, except for the round-headed two-light casement window with margin panes located above the porch, which is set to the right of centre. The porch has a canopy that is moulded and pierced with roundels and diamonds, supported by round posts. The front also features pilaster quoins and a raised frieze below the moulded gutter box, possibly made of plaster, decorated with fleurons. At the centre of the ridge, there is an open timber bellcote with a pyramidal roof and a finial.

On the left-hand elevation, the main range is barge boarded and has a blocked round-headed window in the gable wall, along with two and three-light casement windows in the wing. The inner face of this wing has three three-light casement windows, each with ten leaded panes. The right-hand elevation mirrors the left, but the gable wall is slate hung. A round-headed window lights the stairwell on the inner face of the right-hand wing. Internally, the original rear external cob wall is visible, and some 19th-century internal carpentry details remain.