Lower Merripit Farmhouse

Lower Merripit Farmhouse is a longhouse dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. The structure features granite rubble walls that are partly colour-washed and has a gable-ended roof made of corrugated iron. There are two granite stacks with dripmoulds; one is located at the left gable end and the other is an axial stack constructed of ashlar with a tapering cap. The layout includes a shippon on the right, a passage, a hall, and an inner room to the left, with the hall stack backing onto the passage. There are 19th-century outshuts built along the rear wall.

The farmhouse is two storeys tall, while the shippon has one storey plus a loft with a lower roofline. The front facade is asymmetrical with two windows, and the shippon is to the right. There are 20th-century one and two-light casement windows, and a 20th-century plank door located to the left at the centre of the house. The right-hand ground floor window features a two-light granite mullion window frame, although the mullion has been removed. A rebuilt lean-to porch at the centre has a wide doorway behind it. There is a door into the front of the shippon located approximately halfway along, likely a later addition. The front wall of the inner room shows signs of having been rebuilt.

Inside, the large hall fireplace has corbelled granite jambs, and the stack has an ashlar granite back that extends into the passage. There is a 17th-century oak doorframe leading from the hall to the inner room, featuring lozenge decoration in the centre of the head. The shippon contains a central drain, splayed slit windows that have been blocked to the outside, and likely original cross-beams for the hay loft. It also has the remains of one raised cruck truss. This farmhouse is a rare example of a simple longhouse with its shippon still unconverted and serving its original purpose.