Millhayes

Millhayes is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with a 20th-century extension and modernization. It is constructed from local stone rubble with some brick dressings, featuring a slate rubble stack and chimney shaft, and has a thatched roof. The cottage has a three-room plan facing west-south-west. The two end rooms are unheated, while the center room has an axial stack that backs onto the right (south) room. A larger two-storey bay projects forward from the center, and there is a porch at the angle between this bay and the main block. The bay, porch, and right room, which serves as the kitchen and contains the main stair, appear to be the result of significant 20th-century refurbishment, possibly involving new construction or the rebuilding of earlier outbuildings. The original 17th-century sections include the larger heated room, now in the center, and the smaller unheated room at the left end. The cottage is two storeys high and has an irregular window arrangement with a mix of 19th and 20th-century casements, most of which have glazing bars. The older windows are located in the left two-window section, where a couple feature rectangular panes of leaded glass. The roof is gable-ended, with the right gable designed as a glass sun roof, and the front bay roof is half-hipped. The eaves extend over the porch, which has a round-headed doorway containing a 20th-century door. The interior was not accessible for inspection during the survey, but 17th-century carpentry was noted in the heated room, including a chamfered axial beam and a large fireplace with an oak-framed front.