Haywardsend

Haywardsend is a former detached house, now connected to No 45 and part of a school. It dates from the early to mid-17th century and was extended and altered in 1789 for Thomas Skipp. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and ashlar limestone, featuring ashlar chimneys and roofs made of Welsh and stone slate. It is two stories high with an attic and consists of two parallel ranges.

The south front has a window arrangement of 2:3:2, with a pediment above the central section that projects forward and contains an oeil-de-boeuf. All windows are 12-pane sashes set in plain openings, with a plain upper floor band and a moulded cornice, topped by a plain parapet. A projecting porch features paired Tuscan columns and a single pilaster, with moulded architraves surrounding the doorway that has three-panel double doors. The ends of the front range have parapet gables with rebuilt ashlar chimneys that have moulded caps. The east end has off-centre 2-light chamfered mullioned casements on the upper floor and attic, with a hoodmould above the upper floor window.

The north elevation includes the 17th-century part on the left, which has a central attic gable. It features three windows: outer 2-light windows, a central 3-light window on the upper floor, and a 2-light window in the attic, all with hoodmoulds. The central doorway has a 6-panel door and is accompanied by a 2-light window to the right, which shares a hoodmould. The 1789 extension on the right has a two-window arrangement with 12-pane sash fenestration. There are three ridge-mounted chimneys with moulded caps, two of which are at the original ends of the 17th-century house.

Inside, there are many fine late 18th-century fireplaces with Adam-style decoration, fluted architraves on the principal doorways, and beams with stepped stops in the 17th-century section. The house was owned by the Fowler family of clothiers during the 17th century and part of the 18th century.