Hadlow Stair House

Hadlow Stair House is a house dating from the early 17th century, with a north-east wing added around 1700, and a further wing added around 1800. A late 19th-century wing was also added, and refenestration and a small wing occurred in the late 19th century. The original 17th-century part has a ground floor of brown brick in Flemish bond, a tile-hung first floor, and a tiled roof. It is two storeys high with two windows. The 1800 wing has 12-light casements on the first floor and 3-light casements on the ground floor. A C19 iron pump is attached to the wall. External brick chimneystacks, a brick projection containing a bread oven, and a tall brick chimneystack at the junction with the later north-west wing are also notable features. The 1800 extension is partly red brick with vitrified headers on the ground floor and tile hanging on the first, with a brown brick section to the left. It has a tiled roof with two hips. The north-west wing, dating from around 1700, was altered in the late 19th century and is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with some vitrified headers on the ground floor and fishscale tiles on the first. It also has a tiled roof, partially hipped, and a brick chimney stack. This wing has two storeys and five windows, with two later flat-roofed dormers. The first floor features cross casements with 19th-century hexagonal glazing, while the ground floor has a 19th-century 3-light canted bay, a sash with vertical glazing bars, and a 20th-century brick and tiled porch. A circa 1900 single-storey brick extension is located to the north-east, alongside a former dairy of around 1700, with brick on the ground floor, fishscale tiles on the first floor, and a later gabled brick porch.

The interior of the original part includes a kitchen with a chamfered spine beam featuring run-out stops and jowled posts, a fireplace with a wooden bressumer and bread oven, and a three-plank door. The dining room has a thick chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stops, a fireplace with an elaborate bressumer and a spice niche. A half-winder staircase leads to the first floor, although the roof timbers appear to be 18th century. The 1800 wing has a sitting room with a massive oak bressumer over the fireplace, English bond brickwork to the hearth, and exposed joists (originally plastered). A square spice cupboard also serves as seating. An iron fire back dated 1744 is present. A playroom has fine early 18th-century panelling, a wooden mantlepiece with a fluted keystone and pilasters, and a two-panelled door with H hinges. An early 18th-century staircase features turned balusters and a newel post with a ball finial. The roof of the 18th-century wing has staggered purlins and some 17th-century floorboards. One bedroom contains a brick curved fireplace. Rooms over the 1800 wing feature two early 19th-century basket grates with floral designs.