Higher Coombe Farmhouse Including Adjacent Barns And Linhay

Higher Coombe Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse with later alterations, situated in Halberton. It is constructed of cob with a stone plinth, plastered and featuring two stone rear wings, all set beneath a gabled-end synthetic slate roof. Originally, it may have been a three-room plan with a through-passage, later augmented by two rear wings added in the 17th century. The farmhouse has a left-hand end stack that was formerly external, a rear stack (previously lateral) positioned at the junction of a wing and the main range, and a lateral internal stack in the east wing. The front, facing the garden, has a four-window range. The upper floor features 4-light early 19th-century casement windows with fixed panes; the ground floor has a six-bay casement window with 8 panes per light plus a stanchion, a four-light C19 window, and a C20 window. The C19 casements appear to fill original 17th-century window openings. The rear elevation of the wings each have a four-light window on both floors, with the ground floor window of the west wing originally being ten lights but now reduced to five. These casements appear to be early 19th century, although some surrounds may be original. A wide panelled door is recessed in the left-hand (east) wing. Internally, there is a renewed end fireplace, a newel staircase, and a smoking chamber built into flanking recesses; a chamfered lintel with a scroll stop and bar is present, along with a blocked back oven. This room features three deeply chamfered cross beams. The roofs inspected are of 19th-century construction, with an A-profile. Adjacent farm buildings – a two-storey barn incorporating a granary, and a linhay – arranged around a small farmyard, may incorporate 17th-century fabric and are included in this listing.