Wallon House Including Garden Walls Adjoining To South-West

Wallon House is a house, originally a farmhouse, dating from the 16th century, with alterations in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and modernisation around 1900. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with some stone rubble, stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th century brick, and a slate roof over thatch. The building is L-shaped, with the main block built down a hillslope and originally having a four-room-and-through-passage plan. A separate, unheated former dairy room is located uphill at the southwestern end. A late 19th or 20th-century block projects at right angles to the rear of the left end.

The house began as an open hall house in the early or mid-16th century, possibly with an open hearth fire, and an inner room chamber was added in the mid to late 16th century, projecting over the hall. A fireplace and upper floor were added to the hall in the early 17th century. The entire house was raised and reroofed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The service end was reworked in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which is when the main entrance was moved to the right-hand room. The house is now two storeys throughout.

The front of the house has an irregular five-window front with mostly late 19th and 20th-century glazing bars. A 3-light casement with a folding design is above the passage front door. A window to the right of the door has been replaced with a 20th-century French window, while the 12-pane sash above it may be from the 18th century, notable for its fat glazing bars. A late 18th or early 19th-century 16-pane sash is to the right of this. The front door is a 4-panel door, positioned slightly left of centre, and a 6-panel door sits behind a 20th-century porch with a room above. The roof is hipped at each end.

Inside, the oldest features are found in the inner room and hall. An oak plank-and-muntin screen features chamfered muntins with run-out stops, although the planks have been removed. The hall fireplace is granite ashlar with an oak lintel, also with run-out stops. A single early roof truss remains, boxed into the partition between the hall and the inner room. The remainder of the roof consists of late 17th and early 18th century A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. The joinery is mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, although a few fielded panel doors may be from the 18th century. The front garden is enclosed by a low stone rubble wall, with the right-hand section dating from around 1900, including machine brick piers and ornate cast ironwork.