Haugh Farmhouse And Attached Barn

Haugh Farmhouse and attached barn were rebuilt in 1731, although some earlier fabric may have been incorporated. The farmhouse is constructed of squared rubble stone with a stone slate roof, featuring coped gables and a north end stack along with a ridge stack. It is two storeys and an attic in height, with a symmetrical three-window front, end stacks, three hipped dormers, and 2-light stone cross windows set within beaded architraves. The central doorway has a heavy hood supported by uncarved brackets. To the right of the ridge stack, a one-window section has a plain door to the ground floor and a cross-window above, with a dormer in the roof.

The attached barn range has two large elliptical arched openings flanking an arched door with a square window above. A datestone inscribed "1731" is located to the right of the barn door. A blocked opening similar to the main openings exists on the rear wall, originally one opened into a barn and another was to a throughway. A lean-to cart entry is situated to the rear right. A straight joint and coping is present up to the stack on the rear elevation, but the front stonework is uniform. The rear elevation of the farmhouse has a central eaves dormer and a cyma-moulded 2-light stair window below, along with a lean-to addition to the left.

Historically, the house was occupied by the Druce family in the 17th century as tenants of the Tidcombe family of Little Ashley. It was sold in 1725 to Edward Heylin, a clothier, who rebuilt the farmhouse. Heylin’s bankruptcy in 1737 led to the property being sold to the Lea family. According to the 1841 Tithe survey, the farm was then owned by G. Melsom.