Farm Buildings At Croscombe Barton (That Part In Martinhoe Cp)

The farm buildings at Croscombe Barton, located within the Martinhoe civil parish, are a complex of 18th-century structures, significantly remodelled and extended in the mid-19th century. Constructed from rubble with slate roofs, the buildings are arranged around two courtyards, one adjoining the farmhouse and another on the southwest side. A stream flows through the complex, impounded to the southwest and channeled by a pipeline to power a waterwheel situated centrally within the group.

The buildings in Martinhoe parish are primarily of the 18th century, though a section of the later barn range is two-storied, running along the stream's channel. One range forms three sides of a courtyard open toward the farmhouse. The building furthest from the house is an open-fronted cowhouse with five segmental arches supported by plain stone piers. Alongside this is a stable and pigsties, with a small living unit featuring a large external stack to a coped gable. The courtyard front displays two stable doors and two single-light windows on the left, with three low square doors to the right. A rubble wall with a gate links the end gable of this range to the farmhouse. The opposite range has an entrance doorway with plank overlight, a second doorway, and two two-light openings. Adjacent to the cowhouse is a low stockyard enclosed by a rubble wall, and partially bounded on the southeast by the barn range—this has two small two-light openings in the eaves and three low lights and a wide doorway at ground level.

The barn interior retains floor joists, though the floorboards have been removed. A 300-millimeter diameter iron pipe runs near the ceiling, feeding a cast-iron overshot waterwheel, approximately four meters in diameter and 1.4 meters wide. A Barnstaple manufacturer is identified, with some original wooden blades remaining. The living unit, likely for temporary workers, consists of a square room with a large open fireplace featuring stone voussoirs. The roofs are characterized by collar-rafter construction. The farm buildings represent a remarkable planned grouping, largely dating to the mid-19th century, with the main farmhouse situated to the northeast.