Uphill

House, originally a farmhouse, probably dating from the 16th century but considerably altered and extended during the 17th century, with partial refenestration in the 18th century. The walls are of rubble, rendered at the front. The building features mainly rendered stacks: one axial stack where the left-hand wing joins the main block, one set in from the gable of a very small rear wing, and two axial stacks to the right-hand wing, the right one originally a gable end stack.

The original plan likely comprised three rooms and a through passage, with the lower room to the right possibly containing newel stairs at the rear. The hall was heated by a rear lateral stack, while the inner and lower rooms were both heated by a front lateral stack, though these may have been added with the front wings. Behind the hall's rear lateral stack is a small first-floor chamber in a small gabled projection, with solid masonry on the ground floor below. The chamber, lit by a small window, may have served as a garderobe.

Around the mid-17th century, a wing was added to the front of the inner room with a non-domestic function: a shippon on the ground floor and either a hay loft or granary above. During the mid-17th century, the house was remodelled internally with a new screen to the passage and a staircase inserted adjacent to the lower end of the passage, reducing the size of the lower room. The roof was probably raised at this stage. In the later 17th century, a parlour was added to the front of the lower room, heated by a gable end stack. Probably in the 18th century, a store-room was added at the end of this room, and the house was partially refenestrated. A small outbuilding was added behind the hall in the 19th century.

The building is two storeys with an asymmetrical front featuring roughly equal-sized wings projecting at each end. The central block has a three-window front of 18th-century casements: two lights on the first floor and three on the ground floor, with H-L hinges. The first-floor left-hand window retains original bottle glass. On the ground floor to the right is a pointed arched granite doorway with hollow and roll moulding and convex stops. Scratched on the inside of the left-hand jamb is "John Reed" and on the right-hand jamb "1720". An 18th-century gabled doorhood sits above, probably corresponding to this date, and the windows may also date from this period. A 19th-century arched two-panelled door is also present.

The inner face of the left-hand wing has two granite-framed slit windows on the ground floor to the right. On the first floor to the left is a chamfered granite-framed light, below which is a 20th-century similar reproduction window replacing a former wooden mullion window. Near the gable end on the outer face of this wing are stone steps leading to the first floor. The inner face of the right-hand wing has a mid-19th-century tripartite 20-pane sash window on the ground floor to the right. Above it is an 18th-century two-light casement with small panes and iron stanchion bar; to its right is a similar window. At the far right on the ground floor is an 18th-century six-panel door with the top two panels fielded.

At the rear, on the ground floor to the left end, are the remains of a two-light chamfered granite mullion window from which the mullions have been removed. Above it is a two-light early 18th-century casement with leaded panes and stanchion bar. To their right is a two-storey lean-to projection incorporating the arched head of a granite-framed window, possibly a rebuilding of a newel stair projection. At the centre is a segmental-headed granite doorway at the rear of the passage, with broad chamfer and convex stops. To its right is a stone trough with an old pump adjoining; these sit under a lean-to roof forming a porch between the left projection and a small wing to the right. This wing is built out from the hall lateral stack, which stands in a small gable. On its left-hand side, the wing has a segmental-headed granite-framed light on the first floor. A 19th-century single-storey outbuilding forms an extension to the wing. Beyond it on the ground floor is a two-light leaded-pane 18th-century casement, and to its right is a later 18th-century two-light casement with small panes. A 19th-century casement sits above, with a single-light 20th-century casement to its left.

The interior is very unaltered and preserves numerous good features from various periods. The screens passage has mid-to-late 17th-century softwood plank and muntin screens on either side, with beaded-edge muntins. The hall to the left has rough, fairly insubstantial cross beams; the building's quality suggests there may formerly have been a plaster ceiling here. The hall fireplace has had its lintel removed; the stone jambs are chamfered at the bottom and there are two ovens. At the inner end of the hall is a circa mid-17th-century bench against a panelled partition. A good-quality mid-17th-century open-well staircase has a closed string, square newels with ball finials, and turned balusters. Heading to the front parlour is a later 17th-century wooden doorframe with ovolo-moulding and high hollow step stops. The parlour has fielded panelling to chair-rail height and a coved cornice; a bolection-moulded fireplace with an arched niche on either side featuring a dropped mock keystone. The room above the parlour contains two old wall cupboards: one 17th-century with lozenge design on panelled doors and H-hinges, the other 18th-century with fielded panelled doors and H-hinges. On the landing at the top of the stairs are three 17th-century wooden doorframes with shallow ovolo-moulding and hollow step stops, two of which contain contemporary studded and panelled doors with beading to stiles and muntins.

The 17th-century roof trusses over the main range comprise substantial principal rafters with threaded and trenched purlins and collars (some curved) halved onto the trusses.

This is an important house for several reasons. It demonstrates an interesting development of plan in which a shippon was added as a front wing at the higher end of the house, followed shortly by a parlour wing added to the front of the lower end, causing a change in room use when the hall was probably relegated to kitchen status. The location of a very small first-floor room behind a stack is an unusual feature and might have been a garderobe, suggesting a fairly sophisticated 16th-century house. The good-quality 17th-century carpentry features reflect a rise in status at this period and are notable for a house of this scale in West Devon. Altogether, the building has been little altered internally or externally since the 18th century and preserves a remarkable number of old windows which contribute greatly to its traditional appearance.