Higher Spriddlescombe Farmhouse And Barn

Higher Spriddlescombe Farmhouse and Barn is a farmhouse with an attached barn, likely dating from the 17th century, but extended and significantly altered in the late 19th century. The farmhouse is mainly of rendered rubble construction, while the barn has exposed rubble with a slate-hung gable; both have slate roofs. The original plan may have been in a longhouse form, built across a slope with an entrance originally on the south side, now internal, providing access to a Victorian extension. A lean-to extension at the north end now serves as the main entrance. The barn, situated at a right angle to the east, was formerly accessible from a staircase within the farmhouse, leading to the upper level of the barn. The main farmhouse front has two storeys and three windows, comprising four-pane sash windows above two large square bays, joined by a glazed frontage and a part-glazed door all under a hipped, lean-to roof. A further small four-pane sash window and a small casement are located at the first floor, to the left. The roof is hipped on the return angle towards the barn, with two small square stacks. The entrance front features a 20th-century part-glazed door under a pent roof, two small square lights in the eaves, and a two-light casement to the left of the door. Inside, there are back-to-back open fireplaces at the north end, which have been much modified, along with some 19th-century doors and a grand, late-Victorian pine staircase. The barn has half-hipped roofs in two storeys, featuring two large loading openings at first floor level, plank doors, above smaller ground floor openings. An irregular flight of stone steps provides access to the upper end, while the upper end has a door at first floor level accessing a raised ground level. A throughway is present in the shippon. The roof is of 6 plus two-and-a-half-bay scissors and collar construction.