Hele Barton Farmhouse

Hele Barton Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, featuring rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and a thatched roof. The house has an L-shaped layout, with a two-room main block facing south-east and a central cross passage leading to a stair in a separate block that projects to the rear. There is a service wing at right angles to the rear of the right (north-east) room, with the main block having projecting rear lateral stacks and the service wing featuring a rear corner stack. An adjoining granary or apple store block is located on the outer side of the service wing.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and originally had a symmetrical five-window front, although the first-floor left end window is now blocked. The windows on the left are 1970s casements with glazing bars, while the centre and right windows are large-pane casements from the late 19th century, also with glazing bars. The central front door is a 19th-century six-panel door, sheltered by a simple flat-roofed porch supported by plain posts with chamfered edges. The roof is hipped at both ends.

On the outer (north-east) side of the service wing, there is an 18th-century three-light flat-faced mullion casement with rectangular panes of leaded glass, positioned at first floor level near the front. The gable end wall features a 19th-century three-light casement with glazing bars and vertical iron security bars at ground floor level. The stair turret has a hipped roof. The granary or apple store has a pantile roof and a flight of external stone steps, with an unglazed slatted window on the first floor and a 20th-century ground floor casement with glazing bars.

Inside, both rooms of the main block have square-sectioned crossbeams of substantial size. The left room contains a blocked fireplace, while the right room features a large rubble fireplace with a replacement timber lintel and a blocked oven with a stone doorway. The service wing has chamfered crossbeams with run-out stops and a diagonal corner stack. The stairs have been replaced in the 19th century.