Great Rapscott Farmhouse

Great Rapscott Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse, with a mid-19th-century addition, potentially built on an earlier core. It is constructed of dressed sandstone, with 19th-century additions in coursed stone rubble. A rendered cob lean-to outshut is situated at the rear. The roof is covered with gable-ended scantle-slate tiles, and stone stacks are topped with red brick.

The original plan was for a two-room central entrance arrangement, facing south, due to the sloping site. Axial end stacks are externally placed on the right side. A central entrance hall features a dog-leg staircase within a lean-to square projection at the rear. A one-roomed mid-19th-century addition extends to the left, marked by a straight joint on the front elevation, and incorporates an integral end stack. A continuous lean-to outshut, likely from the early 18th century, runs along the rear and includes a dairy. The outshut's section housing the staircase is taller and also dates from the early 18th century, with a later extension to the rear of the 19th-century addition.

The two-storey exterior presents an asymmetrical four-bay front (three bays of the 18th-century house to the right). Most windows are mid-19th-century, featuring small-paned wooden casements with wooden lintels to the first floor. A mid-19th-century small-paned wooden cross window is located on the left ground floor, with a dressed-stone, slightly segmental arched head. Evidence suggests a possible blocked window is present on the ground floor to the far left. Late 18th or early 19th-century boxed 16-pane glazing bar sashes, each leaf divided into four panes across and two up, flank the central doorway in the right-hand portion of the original house. These sashes have wooden lintels and stone relieving arches with dressed voussoirs. The left-hand sash is a later replacement with horns on the top leaf. A mid-to-late 19th-century door with nine chamfered panels, the top four glazed, a raised and fielded central panel, and a lower beaded flush panel is centrally located between the ground-floor windows on the right-hand side. The door's wooden frame is old, and three stone steps lead up to it. A stone stack is located at the west end of the rear lean-to outshut. The square staircase projection is higher than the rest of the lean-to outshut.

Inside, the early 18th century (likely after 1700) dog-leg staircase in the rear of the entrance hall has a half landing, closed string, turned balusters (symmetrical about a central square block), square newel posts with caps, and a toad-backed moulded handrail. Two early 18th-century doors at the rear of the entrance hall, each with four raised and fielded panels, lead to the staircase (left) and a rear room (right). Early 18th-century doors, featuring two raised and fielded panels and a moulded architrave, connect the entrance hall to the left and right-hand rooms. The left-hand ground floor room contains a fireplace with a wooden lintel. The dairy in the lean-to outshut has low slate shelves, and a 18th-century door with raised and fielded panels is found on the landing. The first-floor rooms and roofspace remain uninspected. Great Rapscott Farmhouse is part of a larger farmstead group, including adjacent farmbuildings, Little Rapscott, and Rapscott Cottage.