Lower Langdon Farmhouse

This is a farmhouse, likely dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, and originally a longhouse. Later additions and considerable modernisation in the 20th century have altered the building. It is constructed of granite rubble with later 20th-century granite rubble rear and lower-end stacks. A projecting granite rubble stack with offsets is visible at the higher gable end, with a rendered axial stack, probably stone, to the right of centre. The thatched roof is gabled at the higher end, dropping sharply to a hipped form at the lower end.

The original layout incorporates a shippon (animal shelter) to the lower side of a through passage, a hall above with a fireplace backing onto the passage, and a heated inner room. In the 18th century, either the front of the hall and lower end was built out, or the front wall of the inner room was rebuilt and set back from the rest of the facade. Three adjoining outshuts were added to the rear wall, constructed in phases between the 18th and early 20th centuries. The shippon was converted in the 20th century, and the interior has been substantially modernised.

The two-storey farmhouse is aligned along the hillside. The front has an asymmetrical five-window facade. The main entrance is to the left of centre. Windows to the left of the door are 2-light casements from the 20th century, without glazing bars; the ground-floor window immediately to the left of the porch was originally a doorway. A blocked granite-framed ventilation slit is located on the ground floor towards the left-hand end. The windows above and to the right of the porch and door are 3-light casements, probably from the early 20th century, with glazing bars, except for the window above the porch (which is 2-light) and the ground-floor window to the right of centre (a late 20th-century 2-light casement without glazing bars). The face of the inner room wall to the right is recessed. A 20th-century plank and glazed door leads to a wide, open-fronted lean-to porch with a thatched roof, supported by a granite rubble side wall and monolithic granite uprights. Three adjoining granite rubble outshuts with corrugated asbestos roofs are located at the rear.

The original plan is preserved, although the shippon has been converted. Some original fireplaces remain, but the interior has been significantly modernised. The roof space was not inspected.