East Nymph Farmhouse

East Nymph Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 18th century or earlier, but it was extensively refurbished and rearranged in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with the rear exposed. It features local stone rubble and cob stacks topped with 19th-century brick, and it has a thatched roof.

The farmhouse has an L-shaped plan, with the main block facing southeast. It consists of a two-room layout with a central through passage that also contains the main stair. The rear doorway of the passage was blocked in the 20th century. The right room has a projecting rear lateral stack made of exposed cob, while the left room has a disused axial stack that backs onto the passage, along with a stone rear lateral stack believed to serve a first-floor chamber. A service wing projects at right angles to the rear of the left room and contains a service stair, which has a turret that projects slightly to the rear at the angle of the two wings. The current appearance of the house is primarily the result of the mid-19th-century rearrangement, and little evidence of earlier features was noted.

The exterior has a symmetrical three-window front, with 16-pane sash windows on the first floor and replacement horned 4-pane sashes on the ground floor. There is a central 19th-century panelled door behind a presumably contemporary flat-roofed porch supported by reused 17th-century turned oak posts. The roof is hipped at both ends. The rear block has 19th and 20th-century casements, with the oldest featuring glazing bars.

Interior inspection was limited, but no features earlier than the 19th century were observed in the main block, although a cob stack is a relatively late feature. The rear block includes one soffit-chamfered crossbeam of indeterminate date, and the only 18th-century feature noted is a two-panel door leading to the rear block stair. The roofs were not inspected.