Lower Wapsworthy Farmhouse

Lower Wapsworthy Farmhouse is a house that was originally a longhouse, dating from the 17th century, though it likely has earlier origins. It has been altered in the 20th century. The building features granite and slate stone rubble walls and a gable-ended slate roof, with scantle slates over the higher end. There are two rubble stacks: a small one at the right gable end and a large projecting lateral stack at the rear.

The plan of the house has been significantly changed, but it still includes an outbuilding at the lower left end. It is believed to have originally been a longhouse with a through-passage, hall, and an inner room to the right. The house underwent extensive remodeling in the mid to late 17th century when the passage was blocked, likely converted into a service room, and the hall received a rear lateral stack, possibly replacing an axial fireplace. The stack for the inner room may have been added even later. In the 20th century, the partition between the hall and inner room was removed. The shippon, which is narrower than the house, has likely been partially rebuilt but continues to serve a non-domestic purpose.

The exterior of the farmhouse is two storeys high, with an asymmetrical front featuring four windows that are small-paned 2-light casements, some of which have brick arches above. The shippon is recessed to the left, with a 20th-century single-storey outbuilding in front. The roofline steps over the hall and inner room, the passage, and the shippon, which has the lowest roof. There is a 20th-century lean-to porch with a plank door located to the left of centre in front of the hall. The house is built into the hillside at the right-hand end.

Inside, the farmhouse has been considerably modernised, but the hall still retains its open fireplace, albeit with a replacement lintel. The roof has not been inspected.