Croft Farmhouse

Croft Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with stone rubble or cob stacks, one of which features its original granite ashlar chimney shaft. The roof is made of corrugated asbestos, which was formerly thatch.

The farmhouse has a plan that suggests it originally had a three-room-and-through-passage layout facing south-south-east, although the service end room has been demolished. The inner room at the west end has a gable-end stack, while the hall has an axial stack that backs onto the passage, which is now at the left end of the house. Although an internal inspection was not possible during the survey, it is likely that the house began as some form of open hall house, possibly heated by an open hearth fire. By the late 17th century, fireplaces would have been inserted, and the rooms would have been floored over. The passage is no longer used as an entrance, and a new front doorway has been added to the inner room.

The exterior features an irregular four-window front with 19th and 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. The passage front doorway at the right end and the current front doorway, located left of centre, both have 20th-century plank doors. The roof is gable-ended on the left and half-hipped on the right.

The interior was not inspected during the survey, but the farmer claims it contains a significant amount of early carpentry detail and has seen little modernization since the 19th century. A thorough internal investigation is recommended before any modernization or alterations are made.