Guphill Farmhouse

Guphill Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, likely with earlier origins, with significant alterations in the late 19th century to the left end. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, with brickwork to the left end, and has a thatched roof to the right-hand gable and a slate roof to the higher left end. The farmhouse originally had a three-room and cross-passage plan, with the hall stack backing onto a wide passage containing the staircase. The left-hand, inner-room end was largely rebuilt and heightened in the late 19th century, possibly for separate occupation, featuring a blocked front doorway and a separate staircase until the late 20th century. A dairy outshut at the rear of the hall was probably rebuilt in the 19th century. A ceiling beam in the hall suggests a 17th-century date for the farmhouse, and reused smoke-blackened roof timbers imply even earlier origins. The lower end may have been largely remodelled in the 18th century, when the main range was reroofed.

The exterior presents a five-window front, with all windows being 20th-century two-light casements with three panes per light. A thatched lean-to roof covers the porch, and there is a blocked doorway to the inner-room end.

Inside, solid wall partitions divide the hall at each end. The hall features an ovolo-moulded cross ceiling beam and a replaced timber lintel over the fireplace, which retains dressed stone jambs and a bread oven. A 17th-century four-centred arched doorway at the rear of the hall has a chamfered surround and a small incised cross above the arch. An old plank door with cover strips is also present. The lower end has a single, plain chamfered cross ceiling beam and a partially rebuilt 20th-century fireplace. The roof structure is entirely 18th or possibly early 19th century, incorporating pegged lapped collars to the trusses, straight principals, waney purlins and rafters. Some battens and one reused rafter are smoke-blackened.