Hayrish Farmhouse

SAMPFORD COURTENAY SX 69 NE 9/136 Hayrish Farmhouse II Farmhouse. Early-mid C17 possibly with earlier origins extended in C19. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable ended slate roof. Brick stack at right gable end and one set in from left-hand end, rendered axial stack. Plan: orginally 3-room and tnrough passage plan, lower end to the left. Hall stack backs onto the passage. It is not clear whether the lower and inner room fireplaces were original or inserted later. The house was extended slightly at the left-hand end in tne C19. In the C20 tile partition between the hall and inner room was removed and a 1-storey addition built at the right-hand end. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front of circa early C20 2 and 3-light casements. C20 glazed door at left-hand end. C19 panelled door to passage left of centre behind open-fronted trellised porch. Interior: hall has granite-framed fireplace with hollow chamfered lintel. The back of it, facing the passage, is constructed of granite ashlar with a chamfered cornice. The lower room has an ovolo-moulded cross-beam with 2 chamfered beams running from it to the fireplace. The old roof timbers were replaced when the thatch was removed from the house.

Listing NGR: SX6535496864