Langston Farmhouse (South) Including Garden Walls Adjoining To Front

Langstone Farmhouse (south) is a mid-17th century farmhouse built of plastered granite stone rubble, with granite stacks and a thatch roof (replaced with corrugated iron on an outshot). It faces south-east and is built down a gentle slope. The original plan comprised three rooms: a central entrance lobby with a former unheated dairy to the rear, a parlour to the left (south-west), and a kitchen to the right. The parlour has been subdivided in the 20th century into two rooms, and a modern staircase occupies the former dairy. A secondary outshot extends to the rear of the former kitchen.

The exterior is irregular, with a three-window front, and a fourth first-floor window to the closet. Windows are mostly modern casements, with some original windows retaining glazing bars, and a 12-pane sash on the first floor to the left of centre. “Eyebrows” of thatch project over the left-hand first-floor windows. A modern, weatherboarded porch shelters the centrally located front door. The roof is gable-ended on the left and half-hipped on the right.

Inside, the original layout and fabric are largely preserved. The former kitchen features a soffit-chamfered and step-stopped crossbeam, and a granite rubble fireplace with an oak lintel. A cream oven is located to the left of the fireplace, replacing a former bread oven. The parlour has a soffit-chamfered crossbeam, and the fireplace is blocked. A steep stone newel stair rises to the right. The roof space, which was not inspected, indicates a surviving 17th century A-frame roof structure. Joinery detail is mostly 19th and 20th century.

The front garden is enclosed by a granite wall containing large ashlar blocks, extending from the right end of the front and returning across the front to enclose the garden. Langstone Farmhouse (south) is a well-preserved 17th century farmhouse in a picturesque setting alongside Langstone Farmhouse (north) and its associated farm buildings.