Peckforton Hall

A late 17th-century farmhouse, with later alterations, is constructed of red brick with a slate roof. The main building is two storeys and an attic, with two bays and a double pile plan, to which an early 19th-century single-bay wing has been added, along with 20th-century additions to the south. A sandstone plinth sits beneath projecting brick bands at first-floor level, and above the first-floor gable windows. The windows are three-light, with wood mullions and transoms, lead lattice glazing, stone sills, and stepped stone heads with labels. Arches are visible above the labels of the ground and first-floor windows in the south-east gable. A replaced door with glazing bars and a rectangular transome-light sits within a heavy ovolo moulded frame, and is approached by a 19th-century brick porch with a stepped label and coping incorporating moulded kneelers. The twin gables have stone copings with moulded kneelers. The south wing features matching windows and a brick dentil course along the eaves. The north side of the north-east gable has mostly three-light windows with metal casements, rectangular leaded glazing, and cambered arches. Rebuilt 19th-century chimney stacks are topped with blue brick caps. Inside, a north room features Jacobean-style panelling with inlaid frieze panels. There are old boarded doors on old strap hinges, as well as six-panel Georgian-style doors. The interior also showcases a large inglenook beam, bevelled beams at ground and first-floor level, and some panelled casing to beams. Exposed timbers in the internal wall above the first floor include queen post trusses with struts, an upper king post, original ridge trees and purlins, demonstrating evidence of reuse. The south wing features large re-used floor beams and king post trusses.