Haffield, And Service Wings, Stables And Coach House

Haffield is a country house built between 1817 and 1818 by architect R. Smirke. The building features painted stucco and a hipped slate roof that is set behind a moulded cornice and blocking course, all designed in a severe neo-classical style. It stands two storeys tall, with the garden elevation displaying a 1:5:1 bay arrangement, where the end bays are slightly advanced. A projecting portico at the center is supported by six attenuated Doric columns, topped with a plain entablature and blocking course. The ground floor has large pane sash windows, while the first floor features glazing bar sashes, all equipped with outer blind boxes. There is a plain band beneath the first floor windows. To the left, there is a set-back two-bay wing.

The entrance elevation consists of three bays, with the outer bays advanced and featuring later 19th-century canted bays. The central entrance has a panelled door and a projecting porch supported by Doric columns in antis. At the rear of the house, low single-storey service wings connect to a stable block made of painted brick, which includes five segmental-headed glazing bar sash windows and a central segmental-headed archway. A later open lean-to extends across the entire facade of the stable block. Across the yard, there is a coach house constructed of brick, featuring two tall doorways beneath a hipped slate roof, with a garage lean-to on the left and a shed on the right.

Inside the house, the interior showcases plain plasterwork and marble fireplaces, all reflecting a minimal Greek Revival style. The staircase boasts a cast iron balustrade with anthemion decoration. In the library, there is a mid-18th-century fireplace from Bowood, Wiltshire, made of carved wood with a richly foliated centre tablet set in an acanthus frieze, topped with an elaborate cornice and supported by pilasters adorned with husk drops; this was inserted in the 1950s.