Hay House Farmhouse

IPSTONES C.P. BELMONT ROAD SK 04 NW (north side) 10/188 Hay House Farmhouse 2.5.53 GV II

Farmhouse. Dated 1625 with late C18 addition and late C19 alterations. Coursed dressed and squared stone; tiled roof; verge parapets on corbelled kneelers, with pitched copings; parapet to left has unusual corniced octagonal miniature chimney-shaped finial; corniced octagonal twin-shafted ridge stack to right of centre (set over former entrance); further stacks in valley. T-shaped plan with C18 wing added to rear. 2-storey front in 2 parts: projecting wing to right on plinth (and of greater storey heights with attic) has labelled diamond-shaped attic light over labelled 3-light chamfered mullioned window to first floor and ground floor window similar now of 2 lights, formerly 4 with stepped label taken over datestone inscribed: "1625". Long set-back wing to left of 3 windows has first-floor windows set under eaves: 2 chamfered reveals to right end, the left-hand of 3 lights with chamfered mullions; this window is set over the only chamfered reveal on the ground floor now of 2 lights, formerly 4; heavy lintel to C20 casement, formerly entrance set towards right end and C19 window and door in rebuilt section of wall to left. Labelled chamfered reveals to left end. C18 front to rear, symmetrical of 3 windows and central entrance with arched solid stone hood. The cross wing has little roof remaining at time of resurvey (March 1985).

Listing NGR: SK0092349878