Lower Warcombe Farmhouse

CHURCHSTOW WARCOMBE SX 74 NW 5/82 Lower Warcombe Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. Possibly C17; C19 fenestration. Rubble, but some coursed stone, slate roof. Probably lobby-entry with porch opposite large ridge stack and deep projecting stair turret just to left of stack; lower back corner with added outshut under long swept-down roof. Front, away from road, 2 storeys, gabled porch with a wide plank stable door under a 1½-light glazing bar casement; inner door plank, and deep small recess left side of porch inside. To the right a 2-light horizontal bar casement and a blocked opening; stone drip to right opening: 2-light at first floor. Left of porch a 24-pane casement below a 2-light horizontal bar. North gable has 2-light 24-pane casement to a floating drip course and, left, in outshut, a 2-light opening with gauze fill; at first floor a small 2-light glazing-bar. Rounded outer corner to swept-down section, and the building set direct on rock to north-west corner. Back has offset stair turret with small 2-light casement, and low left a 4-pane fixed light; towards left end, at eaves, a small square brick stack. The central stack, with charac- teristic truncated pyramidal capping, very large, with weathering stone sugges- ting earlier thatch. South gable is plain. Interior not inspected, but may be of interest, as exterior very unaltered in C20.

Listing NGR: SX7334847447