Former malthouse at Upper House Farm, including retaining wall to front

The former malthouse at Upper House Farm dates back to the 18th century and features coursed grey pennant rubble masonry, with the front wall largely rebuilt. The eaves have been raised to accommodate a gently pitched corrugated metal sheet roof, a change that occurred when the roof covering was switched from thatch to stone tiles. A stone stack is located at the right end, complete with water tabling for thatch. There is a small loft window to the left, positioned above the original eaves level, and later doorways have been added to the front elevation, with the doorway on the right situated where the original doorway once was. The doors are broad planks with timber lintels and dripstones above. The rear elevation features a later 19th-century window on the right, and this wall shows evidence of two blocked doorways and alterations from the roof being raised, as indicated by the end of the tie beam projecting through the wall and having been cut off.

Inside, the space has been subdivided by a later rubble wall, but an original ceiling beam remains. There is a loft over the downhill end and a broad original fireplace at the upslope end, which includes a chamfered bressumer. A bread oven is set into the rear wall, and an early 19th-century rubble malting kiln has been inserted alongside the fireplace, featuring a stoking hole at the base and a grating at the top. The structure includes a four strut tie beam truss made from re-used 17th-century truss timbers. The property also has a rubble retaining wall at a right angle to the front, which incorporates a stone-lined spring, and a good cobbled yard at the front with stone-lined drainage channels.