Meacombe Farmhouse

Meacombe Farmhouse likely has origins in the 16th century, with significant features dating to the 17th century and alterations probably made in the 19th century. It is constructed of rendered granite rubble with a thatched roof, gabled at the right end and hipped at the front of a wing. Four chimney stacks are present: a rendered brick stack at the wing's gable end, a rendered stone stack at the left-hand end of the house, and granite block stacks with granite capping centrally and at the right gable.

Originally designed with a three-room-and-through-passage plan, the house featured an axial hall stack backing onto the passage and gable end fireplaces in the inner and lower rooms. A newel staircase is located at the rear of the hall in a projection. An 18th century wing was added to the front of the lower end, later used as a cider house on the ground floor and a wool chamber above. A 19th and 20th-century outshut was added to the rear of the lower end. The original passage has disappeared but a blocked doorway has been revealed at the front following recent render removal.

The front of the main range has an asymmetrical facade with five windows. Late 20th-century 2-light casements without glazing bars are on the ground and first floors of the right-hand side. A circa mid-17th century 3-light ovolo moulded wood mullion window with a central casement and paned side lights is centrally located on the first floor. To the left is a 19th-century 3-light casement with H-L hinges and iron stanchion bars, and below it a late 20th-century 2-light casement without glazing bars. The wing's inner face has a 19th-century panelled door under a rustic timber and thatched porch. Ground and first floor windows to the left are early 20th-century 2-light casements with glazing bars, with a single light casement on the ground floor gable end of the wing. Stone steps lead up to the first floor of the wing’s outer face, where a window is now located, with a dog kennel underneath. The ground floor to the left has a single light and then a 3-light 19th-century casement. Just below the eaves is a metal fire insurance mark.

At the rear of the house is a right-hand outshut and a semicircular stair turret with a small window roughly centered. A wall opposite the lower end of the house incorporates an ash house with a loading hatch and an opening for ash removal, both with iron doors.

Interior features have largely been obscured; the lower room has a central axial beam with ovolo moulding on one side and a chamfered edge on the other. A similar half beam is plastered over along the front wall. A stone newel staircase is at the rear of the hall. Fireplaces have been blocked in. The roof space is inaccessible, but some visible trusses on the first floor are substantial timbers, likely straight principals.