Higher Chichacott Farmhouse

Higher Chichacott Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates back to the 17th century, with possible earlier origins. It features a late 17th-century addition and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The walls are made of rendered stone rubble, with some cob in places, and it has a hipped thatched roof, gabled at the rear wing. There is a central rendered brick axial stack and a rendered rubble stack at the gable end of the rear wing.

The layout follows a longhouse derivative plan, with a shippon at the lower right end, separated by a solid wall from a cross passage that leads to a hall and an inner room on the left. The hall is heated by the axial stack, while the inner room is unheated. A heated rear wing was added in the late 17th century, likely serving as a kitchen. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the internal arrangement was modified, with the hall being subdivided and stairs added behind the inner room.

The farmhouse is two storeys tall and has an asymmetrical front with three windows, featuring 20th-century three-light casements, except for the right-hand first-floor window, which is a one-light, and the window below it, which has fixed panes. The shippon on the right has a 20th-century plank door at its higher end, along with a similar door leading to the passage on its left. A 20th-century conservatory porch has been added in front of both. The left end wall has a 19th-century gabled porch, and to its left is a narrow 18th-century leaded light. The rear elevation shows a gabled wing projecting from the right end, with 19th-century two and three-light casements, except for the left and right first-floor windows, which have leaded panes and may be from the 18th century.

Inside, there are few early features visible, but the hall appears to have a large granite-framed fireplace that is currently blocked. The roof timbers consist of rough straight principals with lapped and pegged collars, likely from the 19th century. The shippon remains unconverted for domestic use. This farmhouse is part of an unspoilt hamlet of early farmhouses.