Former Longhouse

The Former Longhouse is a building that has been converted into a farmbuilding. It dates from the 16th century or possibly the 17th century and has undergone alterations in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The structure is made of granite rubble and features a corrugated asbestos roof.

The building has a rectangular plan, positioned across a hillslope and facing northwest. The right end, which is lower, serves as a shippon, while the left end contains the house, which has a spiral stair projection at the rear. The hall stack is located at the back of the site where a through passage once existed.

In terms of exterior features, the house end is two stories tall, while the shippon end is lower and narrower. There is a slit window at the center front, a blocked doorway, and a passageway at the rear right. The gable end wall of the shippon has been rebuilt using blockwork.

Inside, the building has 20th-century trusses throughout. Although the shippon has not been seen, it is reported to have a central drain and stone bases for tethering posts on the rear wall. The house contains a blocked fireplace with a massive granite lintel, a granite upright jamb on the left, and granite blocks on the right jamb. The stair projection has an upper blocked window and remnants of stair treads visible in the plaster. There is also some cob plasterwork and a blocked fireplace on the first floor, with the stack truncated at roof height.

The former longhouse is situated within a small, isolated farm on the western slopes of Dartmoor.