Clayhill Farm

Clayhill Farm is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with a 19th-century addition and alterations. The building features a combination of rendered and part pargetted timber-frame, as well as red and gault brick. It has a plain tile roof with a brick central ridge and stacks at the rear wing. The house has a two-unit lobby-entry plan that extends to the rear, incorporating an early wing and a 19th-century wing. It stands two storeys tall.

The front of the house, which faces the garden, has three-light casement windows and a central door. The left side, part of the 19th-century wing, features glazed double doors as the current entrance and additional casements. The right side, which faces a pond, has a three-light casement on both floors of the gable end, along with various other casements, a door, and a decayed conservatory at the rear.

Inside, there is a winder stair located in front of the stack, and tall panel framing is visible in parts of the interior. The building includes chamfered bridging beams with ogee stops, and a large stack with a base that was remodelled in the 19th century. There is a former open fireplace to the right, which has been remodelled in the 19th century and features a fine and unusual cast-iron fire surround and grate in the Beaux Arts/Art Nouveau style. The left room contains a simple 19th-century fireplace with a decayed cast-iron grate. The first-floor rooms have some 19th-century panelling and another 19th-century fireplace. Timber-framing is visible in parts, and there are plank and four-panel doors. The roof has clasped purlins with coupled rafters. In the early rear wing, there are joists, a chamfered bridging beam, and a large stack with a filled-in fireplace.

Clayhill Farm is a good example of an evolved farmhouse, with its early structure and plan largely intact, along with some unusual 19th-century fittings.