West Stowford Farmhouse

West Stowford Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 16th century, with remodels in the 17th century and partial rebuilding and extension in the 19th century. It is constructed from rendered stone and cob, featuring a slate roof on the raised section at the left end, while the rest of the building has an asbestos slate roof. There is a brick chimney stack at the left end and a rear lateral hall stack enclosed by a two-storey service wing extension, which has an additional gable end stack. The farmhouse has a three-cell cross-passage plan, with a former open hall. The upper end was extended in the 19th century. It stands two storeys high and has a five-window range with two-light casements, although there is 20th-century fenestration.

Inside, there is a beam at the lower end of the hall with ovolo moulding on the arris facing the hall, suggesting it may have had a former jettied construction at this end. At the upper end of the hall, there is a solid cob partition reaching the apex of the roof, indicating that this part may be a 19th-century addition rather than a complete rebuild. Above the hall, there is a single raised cruck truss that originally supported two tiers of threaded purlins, with a collar tenoned into mortices on the blades' soffits. The timbers of each blade do not meet at the apex; instead, short extension pieces are morticed and tenoned into the ends to support the diagonally threaded ridge purlin. The truss is closed off with a lath, cob, and plaster partition. The blades are heavily smoke-blackened, and the partition shows signs of charring, likely due to a fire in the 1950s that particularly affected the lower end of the farmhouse.