Churton Hall

Churton Hall is a hall that dates back to around 1569. It is oak framed but has been replaced with brick at the rear and features a grey slate roof, which was probably originally thatched. The exterior has been restored with much of the framing renewed, while the interior layout has been altered. The building is two storeys tall and has an E-shaped plan. The central section has heavy timbers, one cross-rail, and narrow panels. The inner walls of the cross-wings feature chevron braces, and the gables display lozenges and concave lozenges, likely confirming the painted date on the porch. The front of the right gable slightly juts out, and the upper part of the central section is rendered.

There is a projecting one-storey gabled oak-framed porch to the right of the centre, which has an arched oak entrance with a rose and split balusters on the open sides. Above the porch are two armorial bearings on octagonal plaques: to the left, a shield with a white chevron band featuring three daggers above and three below; to the right, a white horse's head in a circle. A massive lateral sandstone chimney is located on the left, and against the left end is a small brick lean-to with a slate roof, probably from the 19th century. There are two brick ridge chimneys. The porch has a painted board reading "WB 1569 EB" and a massive door made of three oak boards on heavy wrought iron hinges. Above the porch are a pair of small four-pane casements, and to the left of the porch are two replaced casements on each storey. The wall to the right of the porch is unpierced, while each cross-gable has one replaced window on each storey.

Inside, there is an altered ingle-nook in the left parlour, and an oak hood-beam now in the main ceiling suggests that the lateral chimney was a 17th-century extension. The rear parlour of the right cross-wing features two heavy chamfered main beams of oak, and oak boards are visible in the bedroom above the left parlour. There are two 17th-century panelled oak doors upstairs, and the roof timbers appear to be from the 19th century.