Warren Farmstead was built by John Knight in 1844-45 at a cost of £331, and is noted as a good and little altered example of a reclamation farmstead. It has been suggested that a settlement existed here prior to the Knight family's acquisition of the land. Situated in area called "The Warren". Associated sites include seven pillow mounds (E.G. MSO10930), earthworks (MSO10937 and MSO10938), enclosures (MSO10950, MSO10951 and MSO10953) and leats (E.G. MSO10952). Also possible prehistoric settlement and field system as well as post-medieval settlement remains (MSO10929 and MSO10959). A very good and little altered example of one of the reclamation farmsteads. Only the eastern range is missing. Underground chamber revealed during alterations - possibly an icehouse. Behind the house are a quadrangle of farm buildings, sheltered by beech trees. The farm is recorded as measuring 500 acres and employing 6 labourers in 1851. The farmstead is shown on 2018 MasterMap with further built additions to the north and northeast of the main farm complex.
Age: of its time.
Rarity: not uncommon to find 19th century farm but it has association with the Knight estate.
Distinctive Design: Simillar to other Knight farms with farmhose at one end of courtyard of outbuildings.
Historical Association: Known occupants and links to Knights
Evidential Value: House and outbuildings likley to retain a number of original features.
Social Communal Value: well known farmstead on Exmoor and located on popular public footpath.
Group Value: the 19th century structures form a good group in an associated contemporary farming landscape including a contour leat.
Collective Value: with other buildings in the Knight estate.