Cobberton Farmhouse

Cobberton Farmhouse is probably of 17th-century origin, and was later divided into three cottages in the 19th century before being reunited as a single house. It is constructed of local limestone rubble, with an asbestos slate roof that is gabled at the higher left end and hipped at the lower right end. The farmhouse features stone rubble chimney stacks, including an axial stack with dropstones, a rendered stack at the left gable end with a set-off, and an internal rear lateral stack with a rendered shaft and tapered cap. Originally a three-room plan with a through passage, the lower end is on the right. A rear doorway of the passage has been blocked, and stairs inserted into the passage, creating a small room behind the stairs with access from the hall. The hall contains a rear lateral stack. The lower room was possibly originally unheated, but now has an axial stack at its higher end backing onto the passage. The inner room to the left has a gable end stack.

The exterior has a long, asymmetrical five-window range. First-floor windows are small 19th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, with the right-hand window being three-light and the left-hand window replaced in the 20th century. Ground-floor windows are all 20th-century three-light casements, some with 20th-century brick jambs and concrete lintels. The right-of-centre passage doorway has a 19th-century plank door with a bead-moulded door frame and a wide open-fronted porch with stone rubble side walls and integral seats inside, covered by an asbestos slate lean-to roof. Various small 19th- and 20th-century casements are located at the rear, principally towards the right, higher end. A lean-to outshut is situated on the higher left end, roofed with hipped scantle slate which extends down to cover an outshut with doorways.

Inside, the lower room has a fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel, where the stops are concealed, and stone rubble jambs. A blocked hall fireplace with a timber lintel is visible, alongside a dated HAF, 14, 1707. A solid stone partition exists between the hall and the inner room, at ground floor level only. The inner room has been divided into two rooms. The roof features straight principals with bolted collars over the hall and nailed collars over the higher end, with one principal dovetail halved for a dollar and mortised for butt purlins.