Bay House

Bay House is a house dated EA 1656 on a shield on the bay window, but it incorporates at least two late 16th to 17th century builds, with a 19th century bay added to the right. The structure is made of coursed ironstone rubble, featuring Uppingham stone quoins and Ketton stone window dressings. It has a thatched roof with coped gables, and the left gable includes a small gablet over the kneeler. There are two ashlar chimneys with moulded neckings and cornices; the one on the left gable is early 18th century with a pulvinated frieze. Additionally, there are two brick chimneys on the right.

The house is two storeys high and has a long range of four bays. The two left bays feature three-light Ketton stone windows with ovolo-moulded mullions. The ground floor windows have cyma recta cornices, while those above have casement cornices. The right side has similar two and three-light windows with cyma recta cornices on the ground floor. The right bay, raised in the early 19th century, has a four-light metal casement window on the first floor and another two-light metal casement over the central door. The third bay includes a fine canted two-storey bay window with ovolo mullion windows, casement cornices, and a carved shield. To the left of this bay is a small two-light window with a chamfered mullion and cornice. The central door is modern and set in a bonded Ketton stone surround with a shaped lintel and keyblock. The thatch is slightly eyebrowed over the upper windows. The left gable features a high blocked window with ovolo mullions and a moulded string above. At the right end, there is an early 19th century bay made of ironstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, a brick chimney, and three-light metal casements, the lower of which has a stone lintel and keyblock.

Inside, the second bay has a very heavy spine beam and fireplace lintel, both deeply chamfered and stopped. The third bay retains a heavy spine beam but has been much altered. The right bay features a stop-chamfered cross beam, a large fireplace with a cambered and chamfered lintel, a winder stair, and original principal rafters. The left bay has been remodelled in the late 18th century, featuring an arched niche and a fireplace with a shouldered wooden architrave, cornice, and a panel above.