Langford Farmhouse And Barn Adjoining To South

This is a former farmhouse with an adjoining barn, dating to the early 16th century. It underwent significant improvements in the 16th and 17th centuries. The farmhouse is constructed of plastered cob walls on rubble footings, with stacks of cob, volcanic trap, and brick. It has a thatched roof. Originally, it had a three-room plan with a through passage and an inner room to the right (south). A small, two-storey, gabled wing was added to the rear in the late 16th or early 17th century, likely for service areas. In the early 20th century, the front door was blocked, a lower passage screen was removed, and a new front door was inserted into the inner room. The farmhouse is now two storeys throughout, with two gable stacks and a large lateral stack to the front of the hall. It has 20th-century casement windows of various sizes in each of the three rooms on each floor, and another window in the passage. A large upright window exists in the service chamber, also with a thatched gable. An original round-headed oak door frame is found to the rear of the passage. The interior remains in good condition and features a four-bay roof of side-pegged jointed crucks with single windbraces over the wide hall bay. Closed trusses are on each side, above post-and-panel screens. Inside the hall, there is a 16th-century stone fireplace with an oak lintel, and late 16th or early 17th-century moulded beams. At the service end, a massive mid-17th-century cob fireplace spans the end wall, with remains of a walk-in smoking chamber on the left and a bread oven on the right. The heavy oak lintel is chamfered with scroll stops. This is a well-preserved example of a traditional lowland-Devon farmhouse. The slate-roofed cob barn adjoining to the south, featuring a mid-to-late 19th-century roof, is included for group value.