| Description | This lesser gentry hall house was probably built in the early 17th century or perhaps earlier. It was then restored and altered internally c.1900. The house is built of large coursed blocks of squared sandstone, with a stone slate roof. It has a hall and crosswings plan within a rectangle. It is now all of two storeys, but is was originally an open single storey hall with storied wings. The doorway to the left wing has a moulded Tudor arched surround, with the lintel restored, a heavily studded door, and an unusual overlight of three square lights. The interior of the house was almost entirely remodelled c.1900. The floor inserted in the hall at that time has been recently removed (English Heritage, 1966). In the wing, there is a Tudor arched stone fireplace in the parlour on the ground floor, and another in the chamber above. The house has stone flagged floors.
(Text edited from English Heritage LBO description). |