Lower North Coombe Farmhouse

Lower North Coombe Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from around the late 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob with stone rubble footings and has a tiled roof, which was formerly thatched. The roof is gabled at both ends and features a projecting front lateral stack with an 18th-century brick shaft, as well as a stack at the right end.

The original plan of the farmhouse likely consisted of three rooms and a cross passage, with the lower end to the left and a narrow unheated inner room. The lower end and passage have been repartitioned, likely starting in the 18th century, which included the addition of a dairy at the rear of the passage. These changes have resulted in four small rooms, one of which serves as an entrance hall containing a 20th-century stair. The inner room is now used for storage and has external access only.

The exterior of the farmhouse is two storeys high and features an asymmetrical three-window front. The front door, likely located where the original entrance was, is to the left of the lateral stack. There is a separate entrance to the inner room at the extreme right. The windows are 20th-century timber casements with glazing bars, arranged in two and three lights.

Inside, the hall contains a 20th-century fireplace, which probably conceals earlier features, and has an intersecting beamed ceiling with moulded beams. A fragment of a plank and muntin screen is visible from the inner room at the higher end. The lower end room has a rough cross beam and also features a 20th-century fireplace, while a bread oven is visible in the adjoining barn, with earlier lintel and jambs likely concealed. The roof structure includes two side-pegged jointed cruck roof trusses that survive beneath a later roof, with no main truss present over the lower end.