Stone Farmhouse

This is a late medieval farmhouse, likely originating as a longhouse and remodelled and probably enlarged in the 16th century, with 20th-century additions at the rear. It's constructed of granite rubble with patches of ashlar, particularly at the lower end; the front wall has been substantially rebuilt. The front has a water reed thatched roof, while the rear is slated. Four granite chimney stacks are present, one in each gable and two along the ridge; all have tapered caps, although the right-hand gable stack is probably later. The original layout comprised three rooms and a through-passage, with a probable former shippon at the lower end. The hall stack backs onto the passage. Unusually, the room at the upper end served as a kitchen, separated from the hall by a stack.

The front features a five-window facade. The ground floor has granite-mullioned windows in each room, along with a 20th-century window in an older opening to the hall and kitchen. The two right-hand windows appear to be largely late 19th or early 20th century, although the hall window may retain an early jamb. The kitchen window, with three lights, has an older frame but renewed mullions; the right-hand jamb appears to be a re-used king-mullion. A blocked ventilation slit is located to the right of the right-hand window. Upper-floor windows have 19th-century wood casements with round heads pushing up into the thatch. The front door is set within a medieval shouldered wood door frame, mirrored by a similar, slightly damaged frame at the rear of the passage. A 20th-century thatched porch now fronts the entrance.

Inside, the hall has a large, 16th-century granite fireplace with a hollow-moulded surround and pyramid stops, accompanied by a stone-framed oven at the rear. A deep recess, resembling a chute, is set into the rear wall. The kitchen fireplace is similar, but with different stops, possibly scroll-stops, and two ovens at the rear. A chamfered granite doorway with a two-centred arch and what are intended as pyramid stops is also present in the rear wall between the hall and kitchen, leading to a winding stone staircase. The back of the hall stack, facing the passage, is plastered, revealing a chamfered plinth at the base, characteristic of Dartmoor, with probable high-quality ashlar masonry beneath the plaster. The lower room has a well-made, now blocked, ventilation slit in each of the front and back walls, suggesting its original use as a shippon. The upper-floor beams and roof were rebuilt in the 20th century. The farm was owned and occupied by the Man family, who described themselves as yeomen, from the late 16th to the mid-17th century. Deeds relating to the property extend back to the 15th century.