Applehayes Farmhouse

Applehayes Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse with alterations from the 17th century and later. It is constructed of roughcast random rubble chert, with a gable-end roof covered in asbestos tiles. The farmhouse originally had a 4-room plan, including a through-passage. The service room is to the left of the passage, and the fourth room beyond this may have been added in the 17th century when the rear wall was rebuilt. There is a wing to the rear of the main hall. The service room and fourth room share a common axial stack, while the hall stack backs onto the passage. End stacks are present on the wing and a more recent stack on what was previously an unheated inner room. Brick shafts are found throughout the building, although the main axial stack (hall stack) is mainly of stone, showing signs of weathering. Stairs are located to the rear of the hall and at the front of the service room.

The exterior front has irregular window placement. The first floor has two 6-light casement windows from the 20th century. The ground floor has one 19th-century casement window in the left-hand room, with all other windows being 20th-century replacements. A glazed porch has been added. The rear elevation includes lean-to additions, with some 19th-century casement windows on the wing, and other 20th-century windows.

Internally, the partition between the hall and inner room has been removed. The inner room has an axial ceiling beam, and the hall has chamfered cross ceiling beams with scroll stops; the beam dividing the two rooms is chamfered to the hall side only. The hall and service room fireplaces feature chamfered posts instead of jambs, with half pyramid stops, an unusual detail. A plank and muntin screen separates the passage and service room; the chamfered muntins are fitted with scroll stops, with the service room side set high to have accommodated a now-removed bench. The fourth room, currently heated, may originally have been a granary, with a possible drying kiln above the side oven. The roof contains probably 18th-century pegged timbers; between the service room and the outer fourth room, the remains of a jointed cruck are visible. The cruck has both side and face pegs, with the face pegging appearing to be a later repair. The farmhouse has historical associations as a country retreat for members of the Camden Town School of painters, who created studies of local places.