Lower Sainthill Farmhouse

Lower Sainthill Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse with later alterations and additions. It is constructed from roughcast cob and stone, topped with a gable end slate roof. The house follows a three-room baffle entry plan, although the current entry arrangement may result from an 18th-century partial rebuilding. The higher end of the house is located to the left of the entry. There is a stone outshut and both axial and internal end stacks with brick shafts. The building has two storeys.

The front exterior features a three-window range. On the first floor, there is one two-light casement window and two two-light half dormers. The ground floor has three three-light casement windows, with the one at the service end set in an old embrasure. An extension at the higher end includes living accommodation, featuring one two-light casement window on the first floor and another three-light window on the ground floor. The doorway has a pegged surround and a planked door with fleur de lis strap hinges, along with loft access above. There is also another two-light opening to the extreme left, which has a pegged frame and a stop-chamfered mullion; some of these features may date to the 18th century.

The rear of the farmhouse includes a later outshut and 19th and 20th-century window casements. Inside, the hall has a chamfered ceiling beam with scroll stops, and a fireplace that is currently concealed. Set into the rear wall of the hall is a circa 1700 double wall cupboard with four large fielded panels, all pegged and featuring H-hinges. The left-hand room has a boxed ceiling beam. The roof consists of three trusses, likely jointed crucks, which are pegged and morticed at the apex but no longer support the roof. Late 18th-century or early 19th-century trusses above support the current roof.