Old Heazille Farmhouse

Old Heazille Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with later alterations. It is constructed from a mix of cob and stone, rendered, and has a slate-hipped roof. The layout of the house is somewhat unclear but may consist of a three-room cross-passage plan with a three-bay range that includes smoke-blackened jointed crucks, possibly representing the Hall. At a right angle to this is a five-bay range, built with the same roof construction but featuring clean principals, which may indicate a parlour wing. If these sections represent the Hall and Parlour, the lower end has been destroyed.

The farmhouse has an external rear lateral stack for the Hall, with a later internal stack adjacent to it, and an internal end stack for the parlour wing, all featuring brick shafts that are now rendered over. The building is two storeys high throughout. The front, which faces the approach drive, has two three-light casement windows on each floor of the Hall and one on the front of the parlour wing. The right-hand elevation features a five-light window on the ground floor and two two-light windows above. At the rear, there is a porch in the angle formed by the two ranges, topped with a catslide roof, which conceals a former newel stair turret. To the right of the porch, there is one three-light window on each floor. All windows are barred and date from the 20th century.

Inside, there are three cross beams in the parlour that are chamfered with run-out stops. The internal entrance has chamfered jambs and a shallow chamfered arch, with remnants of a screen. The interior has been significantly reordered, with some ancient timber reused, such as beams being used as uprights. The roof of the Hall features three jointed crucks, a collar and arch brace, with all joints morticed and side-pegged. It also has trenched purlins, a diagonal ridge-piece, and wind-braces, all of which are smoke-blackened. The parlour wing has an identical construction, but all timbers are clean, featuring three principals with what are likely later King posts. There is evidence of red paint on all principals, with one completely covered.