Roddam Hall

Roddam Hall is an early 18th-century country house. Wings were added between 1768 and 1783 by Lancelot Coxon for Edward Roddam. The house is constructed of ashlar, with a renewed Welsh slate hipped roof, along with some re-used local slate. The central five-bay block was originally two-and-a-half storeys but was reduced to two storeys in the 1970s. It is linked by one-bay sections to projecting wings, forming a courtyard. The central block features rusticated quoins, renewed 12-pane sash windows in architraves, and a mid-19th-century porch with a pedimented doorway, rusticated quoins, and a cornice. The wings are five bays each, with a 1:3:1 arrangement, and have projecting three-bay centres with rusticated quoins and are one-and-a-half storeys tall. They have windows in architraves. On the ground floor, the right and left sides of the wings have blank, elliptical arches rising from imposts, each containing a window or door. The ends of the wings have pedimented gables. A later three-bay extension, formerly a coach house, is located on the left side.

The garden front is similar in style, with pedimented wings and architraves to all windows. A doorway features a pediment, Tuscan columns, and a triglyph frieze. Corniced stone chimney stacks are present.

The interior has been much altered, but mainly incorporates re-used materials. Many original doors and window reveals remain, and a good late 18th-century wooden fireplace is present, featuring Adam-style columns and a frieze depicting rustic scenes and seashells, likely intended for Admiral Roddam. Within the former kitchen, now a garage, is a dog’s treadmill made of wood with numerous small turned balusters, used for turning a spit. Rainwater heads are present, one dated 1783.