Little Hayes Farmhouse

Little Hayes Farmhouse is a house dating from the 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed, primarily covered with gault brick laid in Flemish bond, and has roughcast rendering at the eastern end. The roof is made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has four bays facing south, featuring an axial stack in the second bay from the left and an external stack at the right end, with small lean-to extensions on either side of the right stack. There is a two-storey lean-to extension with a slate roof at the rear of the three left bays, which has a 19th-century external stack behind it. Additionally, there is a single-storey lean-to extension with a slate roof at the back of this lean-to. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a four-window range with various types of 19th and 20th-century windows, all set in 19th-century openings with segmental arches. The entrance features a four-panel door, with the upper panels glazed. False pilasters on the front elevation indicate the positions of the five storey-posts. The interior has not been inspected. The property was referred to as 'Little Hayes or Drapers' in a deed from 1850, and as Drapers, the tenement can be traced back to 1566 according to the Assize rolls from that year.