Wixon Farmhouse

Wixon Farmhouse is a farmhouse with origins dating back to the early 16th century, which was entirely remodeled and extended in the late 19th century. It is constructed from roughcast rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with slate roofs. The front range features a half-hipped roof at the left end and has brick stacks at both ends of the front range and at the left end of the rear range.

The building has a twin parallel range layout, with the principal front range on the south side being the earlier core that shows signs of having once been an open hall-house, with the lower end located to the left. The late 19th-century remodeling has obscured evidence of earlier 16th or 17th-century alterations. However, the wide passage containing the staircase, a large room to the right (likely once divided into two), and a smaller room to the left probably preserve elements of the original plan. The parallel gable-ended range added at the rear in the late 19th century includes a large kitchen to the left and a dairy/salting room to the right of the entrance passage, which also contains a staircase. This rear service range is quite imposing and may have once accommodated a separate family unit.

The exterior of the farmhouse is two storeys high with a four-window range. The 19th-century fenestration remains intact, featuring 16-paned hornless sashes. French windows were inserted at the right end in the 20th century. The off-centre doorway has a glazed panelled door. The rear range includes a large 24-paned sash window in the kitchen, with a four-window range above it. Inside, much of the 19th-century joinery is intact, including a large kitchen fireplace with a bread oven and a tiled floor in the dairy/salting house.

The roof features a single raised cruck truss over the upper end, which has a cambered morticed and tenoned collar, and formerly included two tiers of threaded purlins and diagonally set ridge purlins. The truss and some stubs of the rafters are smoke-blackened, indicating their historical use.