Hamptonhayes Farmhouse

Hamptonhayes Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, which was remodeled in the late 18th century or early 19th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame with painted brick infill, although part of it has been rebuilt in brick and roughcast at the front, and it has a slate roof. The original layout is a baffle-entry plan, consisting of a hall range with two wide framed bays and a two-bay cross-wing that projects to the right. The eaves of both the hall and the cross-wing have been raised, and mid-19th century painted brick additions have been built to the left and right.

The farmhouse is one storey and has an attic. The framing is exposed on the back wall, which is now largely concealed by later brickwork. It features square panels, three from the cill to the original wall-plate with short straight tension braces, and one square panel above. The rear gable of the cross-wing has a collar and tie beam truss with V-struts from the collar.

On the ground floor of the hall range, there are three late 19th century segmental-headed casements, with 20th century gabled eaves dormers directly above. The cross-wing has one segmental-headed casement on the ground floor and a 20th century casement above. The entrance is through a 20th century glazed porch located at the angle between the hall range and the cross-wing, featuring a boarded door. A prominent axial brown brick ridge stack is located directly above, with a former end stack to the left at the junction with the 19th century addition.

Inside, the timber framed square panelling is exposed on the back wall of the hall range and on the cross-wall of the cross-wing. The left ground-floor room of the hall range has a chamfered spine beam with jewel stops, while the right ground-floor room features a chamfered spine beam with straight-cut stops and joists with ogee stops, along with an inglenook fireplace. There is a chamfered cross-beam in the cross-wing and several 17th century plank doors. The collar and tie beam end truss is exposed to the right of the hall range.