Hayes Barton

Hayes Barton is a farmhouse dating to the 16th or early 17th century. It suffered fire damage in the 19th century and was subsequently remodelled in the early 19th century and partly rebuilt in the late 19th century. Originally built with a 3-room, cross passage plan, the upper end was later altered and extended to create a symmetrically-fronted double-depth house. A separate cottage was built later in the 19th century, aligned at right angles to the main house.

The main front, dating from the early 19th century, is symmetrical and has a hipped slate roof with brick end stacks and three bays. The central entrance is a 6-panel door with beaded lower panels and glazed upper panels, sheltered by a porch with a moulded canopy supported by chamfered posts. The windows are hornless timber sash windows typical of the early 19th century, with the first-floor windows featuring 4 panes above and 8 below, framing a central window with 3 panes above and 6 below. Ground-floor windows have 8 panes above and below. Two 20th-century casement windows are located to the right side. A further window, set back on the alignment of the original house, is of 3 round-headed lights with timber framing, hexagonal leaded panes, and early 19th-century coloured glass in the spandrels.

The left-hand end of the house retains external volcanic trap ashlar in the stonework of the 16th/17th century, along with a brick shafted end stack topped with slate. A 2-light timber window is situated on the first floor to the left, with a single window to the right. A further 2-light window is to the left of the entrance, which is sheltered by an open, bracketed porch. All windows in this section have timber casements set within depressed window arches dating to the 19th century.

Inside, the left-hand room has an end fireplace with stone jambs (lintel replaced) and a deeply chamfered axial beam with run-out stops. A rear room, likely a former parlour wing, features three axial beams with chamfered hollow step stops. The roofs were replaced during the 19th-century rebuilding. The building was formerly known as Hayescote.