Knoll Hall

Knoll Hall is a house dating to the 17th century, situated on Clay Hill Lane near Knowle Green. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with a hipped stone slate roof. The building follows a U-shaped plan, with a complex construction history. It is two storeys in height. Most windows are double-chamfered with mullions and have hoods.

On the north facade, to the right of the front door, the masonry changes; one section of the wall has been re-faced with watershot stonework, although the original 17th-century dressings remain. To the right of the door are a three-light and a four-light window; the three-light window is missing one mullion, and the four-light window has two mullions that have been restored. On the first floor are a former three-light window now with one mullion and a complete three-light window. To the left of the door is a three-light window. Two 17th-century surrounds are present on the first floor, framing a 19th-century sash window with glazing bars and a plain stone surround. The front door surround is cyma moulded with a triangular head and a hood, leading into a lobby adjacent to the fireplace; the chimney is situated to the right.

The west wall has been partially restored using old window surrounds to match the original. One window on this wall has a central mullion, and another has three lights. On the first floor are two windows of three lights, one with a central surround where the mullions have been removed. The doorway is chamfered with a triangular head and a hood.

The east wall features two four-light windows, and a blocked 17th-century surround on the first floor. A projecting chimney stack is a modern restoration. The rear walls of the west wing are blank. The west wall of the east wing has a one-light window and a four-light window separated by a narrow chamfered doorway, and a five-light window on the first floor. The south gable wall has a four-light window on the ground floor, a three-light window on the first floor, and a one-light, chamfered attic window. The rear wall of the main house has a three-light window on the ground floor – the right-hand light is square-mullioned – and a three-light window on the first floor.

Internally, the main room, accessed from the front door, has a 18th-century moulded shouldered fireplace and a bressummer firehood. One wall is timber framed, with two wooden doorways featuring triangular heads with small incised crosses. In the east wing, a 17th-century fireplace is present, with chamfered jambs and a triangular head.