Old Farmhouse Approximately 30 Metres South Of Great Weeke Farmhouse

This is an old farmhouse, located approximately 30 metres south of Great Weeke Farmhouse. It dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries and was likely abandoned in the 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of granite stone rubble, with large dressed quoins and some cob on the wall tops, along with 20th-century concrete block repairs. The roof is now corrugated iron, having previously been thatched.

Originally a three-room-and-through-passage plan house facing south, with a low-roofed parlour at the eastern end, the farmhouse has undergone significant alteration, with the original roof and much of the carpentry having been replaced. The hall and inner room partition has been removed. It was originally two storeys throughout, but only the passage now has a floor.

The front of the hall, inner room, and parlour have been opened up for agricultural use, leaving only the passage section which is buttressed to the right. The front passage doorway features a late 17th or early 18th-century crank-headed doorframe with a chamfered surround. A rear passage doorway retains the original 16th-century oak round-headed doorframe, also with a chamfered surround. The rear elevation is more complete, from the hall stack to the lower end.

The lower parlour and former chamber above each feature probably 18th-century oak, three-light, flat-faced mullion windows, the lower window being larger. The roof is half-hipped at each end.

Inside, the passage walls extend to first-floor level, with framed partitions above. The parlour side contains a 17th-century oak, chamfered doorframe, with stop-chamfered spine beams and run-out stops. It contains a contemporary plank-and-ledge door with strap hinges. The parlour fireplace is also 17th-century, built of granite with an ovolo-moulded oak lintel and containing a 19th-century brick-lined oven; the chimney breast has been demolished. A stone newel stair was located to the right. The hall has a massive fireplace of granite ashlar with a hollow chamfered surround, likely dating to the mid to late 16th century. A large blocked window is located to the left. The crossbeams have been removed. At first floor level, a framed partition contains a probably 17th-century plank door, set within wattle and daub infill. This partition covers a 16th-century clean face-pegged jointed cruck, although the cruck posts were cut off. The truss over the upper passage partition and the subsequent truss over the hall were likely original cruck trusses but the principals have also been cut off. The rest of the roof is comprised of heavily patched 19th and 20th-century trusses. The farmhouse is part of a group of listed buildings in the hamlet of Great Weeke.