Beaumont Hall

Beaumont Hall is a house dating back to 1602, with later additions and a substantial restoration in the early 20th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, with the front face rendered in a pebbledash finish, and has a slate roof. Originally comprising two units with a central entry, the main facade now places the original entrance at the right-hand end. The house is two storeys high with attics.

The original section of the house, situated between central diagonal chimney caps and the right-hand gable, features a blocked central doorway. To the left of this doorway is a modern replica of a five-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window with a hood mould. To the right, a similar window is original. The first floor of the original section displays original rebated and chamfered mullioned windows of four, two, and three lights respectively. All windows in the left-hand half of the facade are modern reproductions. A gable on the left-hand side of the facade incorporates a four-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window with a hood mould on the ground floor and a similar five-light window on the first floor. To the right of this is a single-storey porch with a hipped stone slate roof and a five-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window in its front wall. The right-hand gable of the main house features a reproduction four-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window with a hood mould to the left, and a single-light chamfered surround to the right. The first floor of this gable has two original two-light rebated and chamfered mullioned windows with hood moulds, with a similar window illuminating the attic.

The rear wall of the original house includes a two-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window with a hood mould on the ground floor and a similar window without a hood on the first floor. A later extension to the right rear features mullioned windows of 19th or 20th century style. A front unit of the rear wing dates back to the 17th century, featuring a one-light rebated and chamfered window on the ground floor and a three-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window on the first floor, on its right-hand wall. Further gabled extensions to the rear reveal remnants of late 18th-century window dressings. A porch located in the angle between the house and later wings has a one-light chamfered window surround with a two-centred arched head.

Inside, the left-hand room of the original house contains a fireplace with chamfered jambs and lintel. A similar, wider fireplace in the right-hand room is inscribed in raised letters: ‘1602 THOMAS BRATHWAT. G.B.’