South Newton Farmhouse Including Barn Attached At West End

South Newton Farmhouse, with an attached barn, likely began as a 16th or 17th century building, possibly with earlier origins. The barn underwent alterations in the 19th century, and the farmhouse was significantly changed in the 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, with a concrete tiled roof. It features a tall front lateral hall stack with a brick shaft, a brick and stone rubble stack at the left end, and a rendered stack at the right end, which has been heightened in brick. The barn is of stone rubble and some cob, with brick dressings, and has a corrugated iron roof with gable ends.

The farmhouse originally had a 3-room and cross-passage plan, with the former service room at the upper end converted into a parlour in the 19th century and now used for storage with external access. A thick cob wall divides the hall and the inner room. A short gabled wing projects from the rear of the inner room, and a stair turret leans against the upper angle, accessed from the rear of the hall. The original roof is no longer visible, making it impossible to determine whether the inner room was an addition. A long front wing consists of storage sheds; a loft that was formerly used as labourers’ accommodation is accessible from the main dwelling. A barn is attached at the upper end on the left side and has a 17th century core that was heavily remodelled in the 19th century, although the original roof structure remains. A 19th century gable-ended horse engine house stands at the rear.

The farmhouse is two storeys with a two-window range, featuring 20th century windows, and a concrete tiled roof over a porch. The front wing has a two-window range with two plank doors. The barn has front and rear cart entrances with brick dressings to the window and door surrounds.

Inside the farmhouse, a chamfered headrail and a portion of a plank and muntin screen, 3 planks wide, is located between the cross-passage and the hall, with chamfered muntins. The hall fireplace has been rebuilt, and a chamfered cross ceiling beam and bressumer remain. A 17th century stair turret doorway has a chamfered, scroll-stopped surround, possibly reset. An axial ceiling beam is boxed in within the inner room, which also contains two small 18th or early 19th century cupboards in the partition wall.

The barn has a fine roof structure of three raised cruck trusses, with the feet resting on short timber wall plates. It features two tiers of threaded purlins and a ridge purlin, and typical 17th century dovetail-style collars. The third truss towards the left gable end has an unusual cambered saddle, while the other two trusses have the standard 'E type' apex.