Smokey

Smokey is a house that likely dates back to the late medieval period, with a ceiling added in the late 16th century. The south end of the building has been rebuilt, and it underwent alterations in the mid-20th century. The structure is rendered over cob with a pantiled roof that is half hipped on the cross wings. There are brick stacks located at the center of the cross wing and a 20th-century stack at the right gable end.

The house has a T-plan, though the internal layout is not entirely clear. It may have originally featured an open hall running north-south, with a two-storey service wing attached east-west. The hall has since been ceiled and includes a central stack and a winder stair on the right.

On the north front, the building has two and one-and-a-half storeys with various 20th-century windows. The gable end on the left and the return feature a dormer in the right wing. The ground floor gable end is lit, and there is an entrance in the wing with two windows to the right, along with a 20th-century door styled to resemble medieval designs, which is also present on the right return gable end.

Inside, there is a cross passage with a stud partition on the right, leading to one room at the lower end and two rooms prior to the 20th-century alterations. The base posts of cruel trusses are visible, along with a lateral chamfered beam featuring scroll stops. There is a corbelled chamfered lintel above the fireplace on the west gable end, and stairs that were previously located to the right have now been replaced with a doorway. In the northern end of the cross wing, there is a framed four-panel compartment ceiling and a chamfered lintel above the fireplace. The remains of the winder stair are still in place to the right, and there are depressed four-centred arch doorways above on the first floor, along with a chamfered lintel above the bedroom fireplace. The house features four pairs of jointed cruck trusses, with similar trusses found in the service wing, both roofs displaying deviant trusses. The apex of the roof is not visible, making it unclear when the smoke blackening occurred. This unusual plan is quite rare for Somerset, making Smokey a very interesting house.