Hayes Wood

Farmhouse. It likely dates from the 16th century or earlier, with alterations in the 17th and 19th centuries. The building is constructed of rubble stone and has a double Roman tiled roof. Axial and gable end brick stacks are present. The layout is an L-shape, with a through passage behind the main stack. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has two windows on the front elevation. A central 18th-century four-panelled door has an integral transom light and a flat stone hood supported by brackets. A pair of 19th-century four-pane sashes are to the right, and a 19th-century stone canted bay with casements and arched lights is to the left. Three buttresses are also present on the left side, including one 19th-century diagonal buttress and one earlier buttress with offsets. The first floor has two 2-light flush mullioned casements. The right return features a blocked doorway and a single-light ground floor casement, and a first-floor 4-light ovolo-mullioned casement with a king mullion and relieving arch, along with a pair of pointed lancets to the attic level. A rear wing has a lean-to porch to the right and a 20th-century casement to the left, a 2-light ovolo-mullioned first-floor casement, and a lean-to dairy attached to the later part of the rear wing. The rear elevation has a gabled stair turret with four-pane sashes and a lean-to addition to the right. The left return has a single-light ground floor casement and a 2-light chamfered mullioned casement to the first floor. The interior has been altered but retains very deeply chamfered beams with run-out stops, chamfered compartmental ceiling beams in the room to the left of the entrance, blocked open fireplaces, a dog leg staircase, and six-panelled doors in moulded architraves. The roof is said to have been renewed. The plan suggests a late Medieval date, and the size and quality of the surviving features indicate a house of some importance.