Warmacombe

Warmmacombe is a house that was formerly a farmhouse and adjoining shippon, dating from around the 17th century or earlier, with a remodel in the 18th century, possibly in 1772 when the shippon was built. The building is constructed of granite and local metamorphic stone rubble, topped with an asbestos slate roof featuring gabled ends. It has rendered gable end stacks with tapered tops and slate weatherings. Originally, it likely had a three-room and through, or cross passage plan, with the lower end possibly being a shippon that was rebuilt at right angles in 1772. The current layout is a two-room plan with a central stair hall and a porch at the front entrance, while the shippon has been converted into living accommodation.

The house is two storeys high and has a three-window range, with 20th-century two and three-light casements that include glazing bars. The first floor features two hipped half dormers. The doorway is slightly to the left of centre, with a plank door and an open-fronted granite porch that has a slated raking roof. The porch has reused stone in its jambs, which bears an illegible date and initials. The large shippon, dated 1772, projects as a cross wing at the lower right-hand end and has a hipped roof. This area was converted in the 20th century to extend the living accommodation, and there are steps leading to a former loft doorway on the inner face. The end wall features a doorway with the date 1772 on its jambs, located at lower ground level, with a 20th-century oriel window above.

Inside, there is a wide staircase hall with a reused fielded panel dado, and later framed stairs at the rear. The ceiling beams are closely spaced and roughly chamfered. A plastered stud partition separates the smaller left-hand room at the higher end, which has a gable end fireplace with granite jambs; the right-hand jamb has a deep chamber and a timber lintel concealed by a 20th-century hood. There is a solid wall between the former hall and the stair hall, and a step down leads to the larger lower room, which was the former hall. This room has a fireplace with monolithic granite jambs, a later brick arch, and an oven in the back. The ceiling in the former hall was replaced in the 20th century but retains a chamfered timber lintel over the front window. Some of the earlier roof trusses over the higher end still survive, featuring halved and side-pegged apices.