West Town Farmhouse

West Town Farmhouse is a 17th or earlier farmhouse, with a staircase reputedly dated 1671, and a right-hand addition and crosswing likely from the 18th century. The exterior is colourwashed rendered cob with a slate roof, gabled at the left end and hipped at the right end of the crosswing. It has a left-end stack and two rear lateral stacks, including a tall brick chimney shaft to the crosswing.

The plan appears to be of three rooms and a through or cross passage. The higher end of the house is to the left, with a hall heated by a rear lateral stack and an inner room served by the left-end stack, while the lower end room has its own rear lateral stack. A rear stair wing is located at the higher end. The original three-room range has been extended at the lower end, and a crosswing adjoins the right end of the range, forming a right angle to the front elevation.

The asymmetrical front has four windows across two storeys, with regular fenestration. A two-storey gabled porch is located approximately centrally on the main range. A hipped crosswing sits at the right (lower) end. The porch has a weather-boarded gable and a canted five-light first-floor bay window; it was formerly supported by posts, but was enclosed with brick on the ground floor before 1969. The windows to the left of the porch are 3-light casements with three panes per light. To the right of the porch, the first-floor windows are also 3-light casements, with three panes per light. A ground-floor mullioned window with four lights is adjacent to the porch on the right, and a ground-floor casement with six panes per light is further right.

The rear elevation features a gabled stair wing at the left (higher) end. While access to the interior was unavailable during a 1985 survey, reports indicate it remains largely unaltered, with open fireplaces, large cross beams, and a staircase with turned balusters dated 1671. The front elevation is particularly attractive and visible from the main road. The building was described by L.E. Braddick as "one of the architectural gems of the parish.”