Hayman'S House

Hayman’s House is a small hall, initially completed in 1528, with renovations in 1583 and a 17th-century outshut. It was originally built for the Acton family and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber-framed with brick nogging on a sandstone plinth, with some repairs and small brick additions. It has a Kerridge stone slate roof, a stone ridge, one stone ridge chimney, and one brick gable chimney. The house is arranged in an H-plan, with an added continuous outshut to the rear.

The two-storey front has four bays and three gables. The left-hand bay features small timber-framed windows (5 lights by 3 panels) with a 20th-century 3-light wooden casement below and a 2-light casement in the gable. A projecting two-storey porch is located in the second bay, featuring a bead-moulded entrance with a studded board door in a matching case. Both the porch and the bay behind it display chevroning, and the porch gable has a miniature tiebeam and diagonal strut truss. The third bay has been replaced in brick, and the right-hand bay has timber-framed windows (5 lights by 3 panels) with 20th-century casements. A timber-framed outshut extends to the rear, as does a small brick addition.

Inside, the entry is through a lobby against an ashlar central stack. The hall was likely open to the roof originally, with a large inglenook fireplace featuring a chamfered cambered fire beam. It now has a late 16th-century floor with deeply chamfered ceiling beams with quirk and tongue stops. Similarly-beamed parlours to the left feature a late 16th-century stone fireplace with a cyma and bead moulded surround, and a simpler, yet similar fireplace is found upstairs. There are three 3-board doors with iron strap hinges. One room above the porch may have previously served as a small chapel or oratory. A brick lean-to to the rear contains remains of complex brick ovens. Beneath this is a corbelled stone cellar, lit by a 2-light stone mullion window in the plinth, which may be a remnant of an earlier building.