Acton Hall

Acton Hall is a house, the main block of which was built around 1730, incorporating fabric from the 17th century or earlier. It was extended to the east in the early 19th century. The construction is mainly of squared stone, with earlier rubble visible in the west wall, cut stone dressings, and a Welsh slate roof. The main block is double-span and is adjoined to the east by an extension to the front.

The south elevation is in two sections. The left section is two storeys plus attics, with two plus one plus two bays. Four steps, flanked by low walls carrying terracotta urns, lead to a central 19th-century half-glazed door, featuring patterned glass in a bolection-moulded surround. The moulding is arched over a lintel panel displaying a coat of arms, with flanking moulded brackets but no cornice. Sash windows are set in moulded surrounds, and the ground-floor openings have segmental floating pediments above. The gables are coped, resting on moulded kneelers, and there are two flat-topped roof dormers with paired 8-pane casements. Stepped-and-corniced end stacks are present, with the left-hand one rendered. The right three-bay section displays sash windows, a coped gable on moulded kneelers, and a stepped-and-corniced right-hand end stack. The twin-gabled left return shows masonry from several different periods; a projecting stepped chimney breast and the outline of a gable end from an earlier house are visible to the right, while two small chamfered windows and one with a timber lintel appear to the left. The rear elevation features several windows, some with 19th-century decorative leaded glazing, and two round-arched stair windows.

Internally, the Dining Room and Morning Room are distinguished by enriched cornices. The rear passage contains two panelled archways with imposts and keyblocks. A dog-leg open-string staircase has turned vase-on-urn balusters, matching newels, a ramped and moulded grip handrail, and a curtail step. The front block includes 2-panel bedroom doors in corniced surrounds, and the roof is of 7 bays, incorporating pegged collar-beam trusses displaying carpenters' numbers I, II, (III), 4, V and VI.

The front elevation of the main block is almost identical to that of Elyhaugh, also in Felton parish, which is dated 1732.