Rest Dod

Rest Dod is a house that likely underwent a late 18th-century remodeling of a 17th-century structure, with a 20th-century rear right wing and renovations from the 1980s. It features colourwashed plastered cob on stone rubble footings and a thatched roof with a plain ridge that is hipped at the ends and extends down as a catslide to a lean-to on the right. The left end stack is truncated, while there is a rear lateral stack to the main block, now enclosed by the rear wing, and the right end stack has been dismantled.

The layout consists of a single-depth main block that is three rooms wide, with an entrance located to the left of center leading into a passage that contains the stair. The right end room is divided into two sections by a thin wall; the right-hand section is under a lean-to roof, and the left-hand section contains a winder stair with a straight flight. There is evidence of rebuilding on the front right corner, according to information from the owner.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical four-window front that has regular fenestration. There is a 20th-century gabled porch to the left of center. The first floor has three late 18th-century and 19th-century two-light casements with six panes per light, while the ground floor features three similar casements along with two later one-light eight-pane windows.

Inside, there is surviving 18th-century joinery, including two-panel doors on the first floor. The stick baluster stair, which has a turned newel post, could date from the late 18th or early 19th century, although the fireplaces have been rebuilt. The roof likely consists of late 18th-century pegged collar rafter roof trusses with vertical posts below the collars, which butt against the principals. There is considerable reuse of timbers, with some principals being re-used ceiling beams and some sooted rafters, likely from a medieval roof, repurposed as battens for the left end hip.

Rest Dod served as the vicarage before 1840, when Oakford was built. The house is situated high above the road and occupies a prominent position within the village.