Coombeshead Farmhouse

Coombeshead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed farmhouse, likely built in the late 17th century, with extensions added to the left side in the 18th or early 19th century, and to the rear in the 19th century. The building is constructed of rendered stone rubble and features slate roofs with gable ends. It has rendered stone rubble axial and left gable end stacks with tapered caps and drips, while a brick stack on the right gable end was rebuilt in the 20th century.

Originally, the farmhouse had a symmetrical two-room layout with a principal room on each side of a cross-passage, which ends at the stairs that rise laterally from the rear right corner of the left room. In the 18th or early 19th century, a two-storey extension was added to the lower left end to serve as a kitchen, which included a stair turret that has since been demolished. This section may have functioned as a separate living unit. A two-storey service wing with a gable end was added to the rear in the 19th century, resulting in a T-shaped overall plan.

The farmhouse stands two storeys high and has a three-window range, primarily featuring 19th-century fenestration with all windows being two-light casements, each with six panes per light. The porch has a gable slate roof and a half-glazed inner door with margin glazing bars.

Inside, much of the structure has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, but the 19th-century joinery remains mostly intact, including an integral bench in the kitchen. The beams are cased in, and the fireplace lintel in the left-hand room has a thin chamfer with straight-cut stops. The original range includes two pegged trusses with side-pegged collars and purlins resting on the backs of the principals, while the extension features a single pegged truss with tiered purlins.