Lightshaw Hall

Lightshaw Hall is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, largely rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of English garden wall bond and Flemish bond brick, with a graduated stone slate roof. The building consists of a tall, two-storey main range representing the earlier timber-framed structure, and a lower, two-storey wing added to the front right at a later date. The brickwork of the main range dates from the 17th to 19th centuries, but is largely early 19th century, as are the window and door openings. Bay 1 features two blind openings with flat brick arches. Bay 2 has a replaced casement window on the ground floor, and a three-light casement with timber mullions and glazing bars on the first floor, both with stone sills and flat brick arches. A door is adjacent to the added wing, which has three-light casement windows with cambered and flat brick arches. Two three-light casement windows, matching the style above, are present in the left gable-end. Horizontally sliding sash windows are located on the right return. The original timber frame is visible externally only in the wall plate and in two posts at the rear. There is a ridge chimney stack. The interior is reported to contain two Gothic-moulded beams, one on principal posts that extend through the first floor to support roof trusses with braced and cusped members. The extent of the original timber framing is unknown but represents a significant early survival. The site is situated within a former moat.