Bayfield House

Bayfield House is a large house, formerly a vicarage, built in 1870 by G E Street at a cost of £5,000. It is constructed of slate stone rubble with limestone dressings, and has a slate roof, gabled to the main range, with hipped roofs to two lower ranges which have delabole slates, decorative ridge tiles and terracotta finials. There are six tall stone chimney stacks, including one gable end stack, two axial stacks, one lateral stack to the main range, and one lateral stack between the front and rear ranges, and another at the front of the lower range.

The plan incorporates a main range to the right, with two parallel single-storey blocks to the left; the front one reputedly served as a hall for choir practice, and the rear may have been a summer house. The main range is of double depth, with an entry hall at the front right end and a passage extending to the left between the front and rear rooms. The three rear rooms overlook Lydford Gorge and are the principal rooms, while the front rooms were probably offices. A staircase is located at the end of the passage, with a projecting single-storey kitchen extending from the other front room, followed by service rooms to the left. The two parallel single-storey ranges extend to the left.

The exterior is two storeys with an attic. The entrance front is irregular, comprising two parallel ranges with a lower range to the left. The main range has steep gable ended roofs. The principal rear range projects slightly to the right and features circular turrets on three corners, each with a conical roof. A shorter, narrower range in front contains an integral porch with a two-centred arched doorway. A single-storey kitchen range is located in the left-hand angle of the two ranges, with a half-hipped gable at the front. A practice hall block projects to its left, with a steep hipped roof and a small gable over the entrance. Windows have stone mullions, mostly with shouldered or cusped heads and chamfered jambs, incorporating sash windows. Above the doorway to the right is a pointed head niche containing a cross. Double plank doors in the porch have ornate wrought iron hinges. At the left end of the main range, a single-storey kitchen wing projects, extending to a lower four-window hall. The right-hand end has two gable ends, the right one projecting and flanked by circular turrets with windows, connected by a slated canopy. The rear elevation is asymmetrical, with corner turrets and three windows. First floor windows are paired single lights; ground floor windows have cross mullioned transomed sashes. A large half-hipped attic gable to the right has two windows. A rectangular stair projection is located at the right end of the range, beyond which is a parallel single-storey range to the front.

The interior features wooden panelled ceilings in the principal rooms and wooden chimneypieces with chamfered jambs and lintels.