Coldridge Barton Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dating back to the 17th century, possibly with earlier origins, the farmhouse is constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with some exposed rubble and brick dressings. It has undergone considerable alterations and enlargement in the 19th century and modernisation around 1970. Originally, the main block likely followed a 3-room-and-through-passage plan, with the service room situated at the west end. A projecting end stack serves the service room, while the hall has an axial stack backing onto the former passage. The end of the inner room appears to have been rebuilt as a crosswing projecting to the rear, now functioning as a self-contained 2-room cottage with end stacks. A 19th-century service wing extends at right angles to the rear of the original service room. A high rubble wall connects the ends of the two rear blocks, enclosing a small courtyard.

The south-facing front has an irregular 4-window arrangement of 20th-century casements with glazing bars, positioned to the left of an agricultural building built against the gable end of the cottage crosswing. A 20th-century glazed door, protected by a simple flat-roofed hood, is located to the left of centre, marking the former passage position. The hall window is a 20th-century shallow bay window. Two blocked windows, possibly dating back to the 17th century, are visible either side of the projecting cottage stack. The roofs are mainly gable-ended, except for the hipped rear end of the cottage. The cottage and hall sections have thatched roofs, while the left end of the front and the service block are covered with slate roofs with lower pitches.

The east front of the cottage displays an irregular 2-window arrangement with 20th-century casements with glazing bars only on the first floor, and a central 19th-century plank door with a narrow overlight. The service block has 20th-century casements, and the original 19th-century window layout has been altered. The rear includes an external stone staircase leading to a first-floor doorway. Within the courtyard, a monopitch roof shelters an open-fronted woodstore, and the wall features a central archway.

The interior is largely the result of 19th and 20th-century modernizations. The main block appears to retain the original layout, suggesting possible surviving 17th-century features concealed behind the plaster. The hall retains some original 17th-century features, including a richly-moulded and unstopped crossbeam, a granite fireplace with a soffit-chamfered and scroll-stopped oak lintel, and a cupboard with panelled doors hung on butterfly hinges and decorated with carved blind arcades. The hall roof is inaccessible. The cottage interior has been substantially altered in the 20th century.