Hemerdon Farmhouse

Hemerdon Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating back to the 16th century, with an early 18th-century wing and a 20th-century extension. Constructed of granite rubble, the roof is slate with gabled and hipped ends, the higher end being at a lower level. The farmhouse has two storeys and features 19th and 20th-century casement windows. An external chimneystack with set-offs is visible on the front, to the right of the cross passage doorway. An early 18th-century cross wing is situated at the lower, south-west end, distinguished by its steeply pitched hipped roof. This wing is rendered rubble and contains a large, truncated chimneystack in the centre, extended to the rear (north-west) in 1923.

The higher end may have originally served as the hall; it remains a single storey and includes a gallery over the cross passage. The gallery has a reset staircase with turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and a closed string. A small, shell-shaped granite bowl, believed to be possibly a holy water stoup, is set into the back wall of the hall. A squint allows viewing from a lower room to the doorway. The kitchen, located at the lower end, features a plain, chamfered granite chimneypiece with a flat head. Hemerdon was recorded as a Domesday Manor.