Lower Hazel Farmhouse

Lower Hazel Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with later alterations. It is constructed of rubble, rendered and has a treble Roman tiled roof with three rows of stone slates at the eaves, and gable stacks with 20th-century diagonal chimneys. The building follows a U-plan with a through passage. The main elevation has two storeys and three windows. The first floor has two-light casements with leaded lights and drip mouldings. The ground floor has two sashes of four panes, also with drip moulds. The second bay from the left features a gabled porch and a plank door with a glass insertion in a chamfered frame; the door is a 20th-century replacement. A 20th-century conservatory has been added to the right. The southeast elevation has a 20th-century window at ground level, and a small window in a chamfered frame with an iron stanchion on the first floor. The northwest elevation has a first-floor and attic casement of two lights with leaded lights, loop catches, and a drip moulding. The ground floor of the rear wing has a three-light casement with ovolo mullions, iron stanchions and decorative catches. The rear of the house has two wings of one-and-a-half storeys; these wings were formerly open but are now infilled and have single-storey extensions. The rear features a variety of windows, including a small two-light window with a chamfered mullion and frame, and iron stanchions, as well as a slightly larger two-light window to the left. A north-facing wing has a two-light window with iron stanchions and an ovolo mullion, and 20th-century roof lights. Inside, a date of 1830 is scratched on a rear window. Each wing has a plank door and studwork, and plank and batten doors lead to the through passage. The interior also features deep chamfered beams. The front left room has a chamfered and stopped lintel over the fireplace, a curved oven recess to the right, and a spice cupboard to the left with butterfly hinges and a carved door with a moulded frame. The front right room contains two sections of panelling, possibly re-used from the former Church of St. Helen in Alveston. On the first floor, there is a door frame with a scalloped lintel and moulded and stopped jambs. A front room has panelling reset as a cupboard, with cocks-head hinges. There are shutters on the attic window at the south end.