Langford Farmhouse

Langford Farmhouse is a circa mid-17th century farmhouse with an circa early 18th century addition and a barn, likely contemporary, converted in the late 20th century. The walls are of rubble to first-floor height, with cob above and rendered. The house has a hipped thatched roof, while the converted barn has a half-hipped slate roof. There are two axial rubble stacks, one in each wing. The plan is currently L-shaped, with a one-room wing at the front of the right end and a converted barn/shippon attached to the left end.

The original part of the house is the central block, containing two rooms – the right-hand one is larger and heated by an axial stack, and a smaller, unheated service room lies to its left. The barn/shippon extending from the left end might be original or added around the same time a one-room wing, heated by an axial stack, was added to the front of the right-hand wing, presumably as a parlour in the 18th century. The current entrance is at the end of the right-hand room, which was likely moved when the 18th-century wing blocked the original entrance.

The front of the house is asymmetrical, with two windows. It features circa early 20th-century casements, with two lights on the first floor and three lights on the ground floor. The shippon has late 20th-century two-light casements. A straight joint is visible on the right end wall, marking the join between the original part and the wing. A lean-to porch against this wall incorporates a reused 17th-century granite segmental-headed doorway with a hollow chamfer and deeply inscribed scroll stops, possibly from the original front door or another building, and contains a 20th-century plank door. The rear of the house has a late 20th-century lean-to porch on the right and irregularly spaced 20th-century casements to its left.

Inside, the main room has a fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel and run-out stops. The granite jambs are chamfered externally, and seem to have been turned around. Other original features are concealed, although roof trusses are 18th-century with straight principals lapped and pegged to collars.