North Millcombe

The farmhouse at North Millcombe was built in 1860. It is constructed from local slate rubble with a scantle slate hipped roof and deep eaves. The building has two brick stacks, each with a pair of diagonally set shafts topped with slate caps. The design is rectangular, almost square, with two main rooms at the front and smaller service rooms to the rear; the kitchen is to the right, and the dairy to the left. A central front passage leads to an enclosed staircase positioned between the two rear rooms. In the 20th century, a partition on the left side of the passage was removed, and the dairy was subdivided to create a pantry and office. A rear doorway is centrally located beneath the staircase. A late 19th or early 20th-century verandah spans the rear of the house. The symmetrical south front has three windows, each with original 16-pane sashes set within openings with cambered slate arches. The central doorway has a 19th-century flush panel door with glazed upper panels and narrow pilasters; this is framed by a doorcase with a lead-clad, sloping canopy supported by shaped console brackets. A 20th-century casement window is on the east side, and a 19th-century two-light casement with glazing bars and a datestone bearing '1860' is high up on the west side. The rear elevation features three original 19th-century sashes on the first floor – 16-pane to the left and right, and a narrower 8-pane sash lighting the stairs in the centre. The ground floor has an original 16-pane sash to the left and an original 19th-century two-light casement with glazing bars to the right of centre. 19th-century diagonally boarded doors are located to the left of the centre and on the right. A 19th-century hipped roof door is centrally placed with a 19th-century casement. The ground floor has a late 19th or 20th-century verandah supported on steel posts. Internally, some original joinery remains, including panelled doors, cupboards, and internal window shutters, although the chimneypieces and staircase balustrade on the landing have been replaced. The partition on the left-hand side of the entrance passage has been removed.