Foxworthy Farmhouse

Foxworthy Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was formerly a longhouse, dating from the 16th century or possibly earlier, with 19th and 20th century additions at the rear. The porch was likely added in the late 17th or early 18th century. The former barn at the left-hand end may be an early addition. The building is constructed of granite rubble, with the porch made of granite ashlar, and features a thatched half-hipped roof. There are two old granite stacks with flat, simple caps located on the ridge to the left of the porch.

The layout includes a through-passage with two rooms, which were probably the former hall and parlour, to the left. Beyond these is a former barn that has been converted into living accommodation. To the right is a former shippon, now occupied by a single large room. The farmhouse is two storeys tall, with single-storey additions. The older part of the house has three windows wide, including the porch, and all windows are from the 20th century, including two that were inserted in the former shippon.

The porch is two-storeyed and features a round-arched doorway with voussoirs that are well cut but of uneven sizes. Inside, there is an old stone-flagged floor and, on the left, a stone bench with a recess above it, possibly a blocked slit window. To the left of the porch, there is a shallowly projecting stair turret. The rear wall of the former barn has a slit window with a dripstone.

Inside, the hall fireplace backs onto the through-passage, although there are no architectural details visible on the passage side. At the rear of the passage, there is a round-arched doorway that matches the one in the porch. The fireplace features a chamfered granite lintel and jambs, with an oven in the back that has a curved stone head and a stone shelf in front. To the right of the fireplace is a splayed entrance to the stair turret, although the stair has been removed. In the rear wall, an old two-light wooden window, blocked externally, has lights that are mere slits with flat heads. A stone wall with old recesses divides the hall from the parlour, which has a gable fireplace with a hollow-moulded granite lintel, while the jambs are later additions. The floor beams and roof timbers have all been rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. The current owner reports that Mr. Walter Chaffe recalls seeing cattle in what is regarded as the shippon end.