Way Mill

Way Mill is a detached house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone footings and features a gabled-end slate roof. Originally, it had a three-room, through-passage layout, with an extended service end to the right of the passage and a wing at the rear of the inner room. The building has two storeys and includes a rear lateral stack heating the inner room, as well as a stack at the service end, all with brick shafts.

The front of the house has a five-window range, with three-light casement windows on the first floor featuring 19th and 20th-century frames in the original openings, each with 32 leaded panes. There is one three-light window in each ground floor room and a two-light window in the service-end extension, all matching the style above. The entrance to the through-passage is marked by a 20th-century glazed and slated porch, while the service-end extension has a 19th-century door with a rectangular fanlight. The rear of the house has two three-light casement windows and a small single-light stair window. Notably, the original 17th-century ovolo-moulded window surrounds have been removed.

Inside, the service end features a fireplace with a chamfered lintel, one scroll stop, and a back oven, along with an ovolo-moulded cross beam. The passage, which is blocked at the rear, has one screen with unchamfered muntins and plaster in between, as well as a square-headed doorway with cyma recta moulded lintels and a simple chamfered lintel. The hall has a fireplace with a timber lintel that is chamfered with scroll stops, and there is a chamfered cross beam with one end stopped. A dog-leg staircase from the 17th century is located at the rear of the inner room, featuring bobbin balusters and newels that remain to the landing, along with all the original treads and risers. Two doors with rails and studded designs survive, framed by an ovolo-moulded doorway surround.