Haycroft

Haycroft is a house that was originally a farmhouse, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with likely later extensions. It was modernised around 1980. The building is constructed from plastered granite stone rubble, featuring granite stacks, one of which has a granite ashlar chimney shaft, and a thatched roof that has been replaced with slate at the rear.

The house is a long structure built across a hillside, facing south. The original part appears to be a three-room-and-through-passage plan, with an unheated inner room at the far left (west) end. The hall has an axial stack that backs onto the passage, and a stair turret that projects forward. The service end room has a rear lateral stack. To the right of this are two or three additional rooms, with the rightmost room now converted into a garage. Although an interior inspection was not possible at the time of the survey, it is believed that the house likely began as some form of open hall house. It is now two storeys throughout.

The exterior features an irregular front with seven windows, mostly consisting of 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The passage front doorway is located well to the left of centre and contains a 20th-century glazed door. The roof is half-hipped on the left side and hipped on the right.

While the interior was not inspected, it is suspected to contain some notable features from the 16th and 17th centuries. Haycroft is part of a group of attractive listed buildings in Murchington.