Haymakers

Haymakers is a late 15th-century farmhouse, extended in the 16th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. The rear section is timber-framed, with the right gable end pebbledashed, the rear first floor tile hung, and the left gable end brick-clad. The front range is brick, built in a Flemish bond across two periods. Both ranges have plain tile roofs. The farmhouse comprises two parallel ranges. The rear range consists of two open-hall bays arranged in a Wealden pattern, with a storeyed bay to the left end. The front range is mainly 18th century, but the left third was infilled in 1821. The front range is two storeys high, set on a low stone plinth, and has a hipped roof. It has chimneys positioned to the left and the right gable end. The rear range has a hipped roof and a lateral stack to the rear of the right end. The front range has an irregular pattern of three windows, comprising two 12-pane glazing bar sashes and a central 20th-century fixed light. The ground-floor windows have segmental heads. A centrally located half-glazed door is sheltered by a flat, bracketed hood. Inside, the central hall truss features thin arch-braces and an octagonal crown-post with broach stops. An original recess has been built out, leaving an outer bracket to the tiebeam visible. The ground floor of the storeyed left end bay contains moulded 16th-century beams and joists, with chamfer stops displaying roll and carved leaf decoration. A few 18th-century fittings are found in the right-hand ground floor room of the front range. The left part of the front range is said to be dated 1821 in its roof.