Higher Whatley Farmhouse

Higher Whatley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with the west end rebuilt or enlarged around 1814. It is constructed of random rubble chert stone and has a steeply pitched corrugated iron roof that is said to conceal thatch beneath. The gable end features coped verges and brick stacks at both gable ends, with the right-hand stack sitting on a stone base. The building has a three-cell plan with outshots at the rear and stands two storeys high, with a façade of one bay on the left and two bays on the right. The windows are 20th-century three-light casements. There is a gable porch located between the first and second bays of the right bay, which has a slate roof and an inscription over the segmental-headed entrance that reads, "Rob. Willie 1814 Let wisdom always flourish, and folly ever cease for wisdom's ways are pleasantness and all her paths are peace." The name Samuel Shire has been superimposed, and the date has been altered to 1824.

Although the interior was not seen, it is said to contain a chamfered wooden lintel above the fireplace in the east end room (right gable end), a brick-lined oven with an iron door, and a stud and panel partition that is chamfered only on the west side, possibly reset. There is a peaked doorway leading to the outshot. The central room is featureless, with a staircase set against the rear wall, while the west end room has different wall thicknesses, suggesting it may have been rebuilt or added later. The roof structure consists of principal rafters. Additionally, there is a chest tomb in the churchyard of the parish church dedicated to Robert Willie, who died in 1820.