Myddleton Hall

Myddleton Hall is a hall house dating from 1658, with alterations made internally in the early 19th century and later. It is constructed of small brown bricks with a sandstone plinth and dressings. The building is of two storeys and five bays, with a main hall portion and two cross wings, the right wing being slightly lower. The roofs are covered in artificial stone slates.

The left gable features an altered three-light transomed window to the lower storey and a six-light mullioned window to the bedroom, both under labels. The main hall portion has a central five-light mullioned and transomed window under a label to the lower storey, with a boarded door to the right. A weathered stone band runs across the first floor, above the door is the datestone "1658 EH RAS," adorned with three carved roses. Above the door is a two-light mullioned window, a six-light mullioned window to the left, and a single-light window to each storey in the return of the left gable. The right gable has a seven-light mullioned and transomed window to the lower storey and a seven-light mullioned window to the upper storey. The right wing has a replaced boarded door, under a label, a three-light mullioned and transomed window to the lower storey on the left, and two four-light windows to the upper storey under the gable. All windows have leaded glazing with rectangular panes, some of which are old.

The central brick ridge chimney has five separated diagonal flues, while the chimney between the main and right wings has three separated diagonal flues. Ornate bargeboards are present on the main wing, dating from the 19th century. Some brickwork has been renewed on the left end, and two oak mullioned windows to the lower storey and one to the upper storey have been inserted. A Victorian wing, previously against this end, has been demolished. The rear of the hall has been altered in keeping with the original design.

Internally, much of the ground floor is paved with sandstone flags. Six-panel doors, with margin mouldings, lead into the drawing room (formerly the Hall), which has an early 19th-century panelled plaster ceiling and a cast iron grate within a marble chimney piece. The study has a moulded ceiling with two plastered beams. The housekeeper’s room or snug has a Victorian cast-iron grate set into a Victorian Tudor chimney piece. The kitchen features a cast iron grate, likely dating from the early 19th century, with a patterned oven door, a weight-turned spit, and a bread oven, accompanied by two plastered beams. The open string staircase, probably substantially early 19th century, consists of a straight flight of ten steps leading to five winders.

Historically, John Greenall (of Gilbert and John Greenall, distillers and brewers) lived at Myddleton Hall during the early 19th century.