Combe Dale

Combe Dale is likely a 17th-century farmhouse, significantly altered in the 18th and early to mid-19th centuries, with further changes in the 1930s. It is built of random rubble with roughcast rendering, and has thatched roofs, half-hipped at the gable ends of the slightly lower flanking wings. The original gable ends of the dwelling are marked by roughcast stacks. The building's plan is unclear due to later alterations, but it probably began as a cell and cross-passage plan facing south. The original passage was screened off, and a dog-leg staircase was inserted into the hall. An outshot to the rear was rebuilt, its wall raised to form a gallery corridor, and extended to include an outbuilding to the east, now a dining room, and another set back slightly to the west.

The front (south) elevation has two storeys and a 1:4:1 bay arrangement. A small window is in the outbuilding on the left, with a tripartite 12-pane sash window in the main block's left bay. To the right are 2- and 3-light casements. A blocked opening is found in the slightly set-back wing on the right. The ground floor has a number of multi-paned casements, a tripartite sash window in the kitchen, paired French windows, and a main entrance with 1930s stained glass. French windows in the end bay on the left include marginal glazing bars and coloured glass. There are two 19th-century studded plank doors in the outbuilding and a glass-roofed verandah supported by wooden piers, incorporating a single bay greenhouse to the right of the entrance.

The west return has two half-hipped gable ends (to the outshot and outbuilding) and a central wide doorway. The east return features a 3-light leaded iron casement in the gable end on the first floor, and two similar windows on the ground floor. The outshot is unlit.

The interior retains early 19th-century features, including a staircase with an unusual cut dado, a shaped handrail, a chimneypiece in the western room, and stick balusters to the first-floor gallery in the stone-flagged outshot. China cupboards are inset into the southern wall. A 1930s brick fireplace is in the hall, and the kitchen has a large blocked fireplace with oven projections into the outshot.