Upper Hayhills Farmhouse And Attached Barn

Upper Hayhills Farmhouse and attached barn is a laithe-house, with the barn now integrated into the farmhouse, dating from the mid-to-late 18th century. The building is constructed of thin coursed rubble with dressed quoins, and has a stone slate roof. It comprises a two-storey, single-cell cottage to the left, and a lower barn to the right. The cottage has a single bay of flat-faced mullioned windows with plain stone surrounds; the ground floor window is two-light, while the first floor window is three-light above a two-light window. There is coping to the roof, kneelers, and a stack to the left gable. The barn has an aisle that projects forward, creating a lean-to porch over the front of the cottage. The doorway to the porch has tie-stone jambs. A tall cart entrance, which has been partially cut back, has quoined angles and a wooden lintel (glazed in approximately 1983). An additional stack is located on the right gable of the barn. The rear elevation of the cottage has two bays of mostly altered windows. One first-floor window is a double-chamfered mullioned window, likely a reused feature. Inside the housebody are stop-chamfered spine-beams with hanging preserve-shelves. The building is notable as an early example of a laithe house, of which few examples survive from this period.