East Croft Farmhouse

East Croft Farmhouse is likely of medieval origin, with significant remodelling in the 17th century. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, with a corrugated asbestos roof gabled at the ends, formerly thatched. The building has an axial stone stack and end stacks. Interior evidence suggests the building began as an open-hall house. It probably developed with the lower end and passage being ceiled over around the late 16th century, leaving the hall and inner room open until the 17th century when a stack was inserted into the hall and these rooms were ceiled over. A newel staircase originally provided access to the first floor, but this has been replaced by a straight staircase against the front wall of the hall, a modification likely dating to the 18th or 19th century.

The 17th-century plan consists of a three-room and through-passage house, with the stack backing onto the passage and heating the lower end and inner rooms. A short, gabled projection on the front to the left of the passage is probably an 18th-century addition, while service rooms to the rear right are under a lean-to roof and a front lean-to to the hall dates to the 19th century. The front has a long, asymmetrical five-window façade with late 19th and 20th-century casements incorporating glazing bars. A two-storey projection is set to the left of the passage, with a single-storey lean-to addition to the hall on the right. The sloping asbestos roof between the lean-to and the projection forms a porch. The circa 16th-century front doorway to the passage has a chamfered triangular timber lintel pegged into chamfered timber jambs, which have since been partly concealed by later planks.

Inside, the hall has exposed chamfered ceiling beams with ogee stops and a feature that may be a deep jetty in front of the fireplace. The fireplace has granite jambs, a cloam oven, and a concealed timber lintel. There are also some 18th-century doors and a 19th-century hall bench with a panelled back. The lower end room fireplace has a roughly chamfered cambered lintel with run-out stops. The feet of the principal rafters are visible on the first floor; one truss has curved feet. No access to the roofspace was possible during a 1985 survey, but a medieval roof is likely to be present. The rear of the through passage has been partly blocked.