Pipplepen Farmhouse And Outbuilding Attached To South

Pipplepen Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse with origins dating back to the 17th century, which was remodeled in the 18th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble of Ham stone, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. The roof is covered with concrete double Roman tiles from the 1970s, replacing the original thatch, and has stepped coped gables along with brick chimney stacks. The building has a 'T'-plan layout and stands two storeys tall with attics, presenting a west roadside elevation with three bays.

The windows are leaded casements with iron-framed opening lights, featuring a three-light window in bay one and a two-light window in bay two. The ground floor of bay three has a plain mullioned two-light window set in a shallow architrave. There is a single-bay extension on the north gable, which is lower than the main structure and has a Welsh slate roof with a three-light leaded casement.

The entrance is located on the east side, where bay one has three-light windows, bay two features a 20th-century lean-to porch with a 20th-century casement above, and bay three includes a two-bay projecting wing that matches the main building, complete with an attic window and a boarded door in the east gable.

Attached to the south gable is a two-storey cart shed that includes a cider cellar. The east side of this shed has four bays, with boarded doors on the outer bays and open segmental arches on the inner bays. There is a centrally placed three-light leaded casement on the east side, along with two more on the west side. The interior has not been seen, but it is reported to contain several deep-chamfered beams, some without stops, and more massive beams in the east projecting wing. There have been significant alterations to the plan in the 19th century, with several possible interpretations of the building's development noted in an unpublished report from 1978.