Lumb Old Hall

Lumb Old Hall is a house dating to the 17th century, with alterations in the 19th century externally, but containing elements of a possible 15th-century cruck-framed building that was altered, probably in the 16th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone with quoins to the south-east corner, and has a stone slate roof with a chimney at the south-east corner and north gable. The building is two bays wide, arranged along a north-south axis and consisting of a single depth with a west-side passage. Originally two storeys high (likely raised later), the south bay appears to be the oldest part, dating to the 17th century. The south gable front has a continuous dripcourse that extends around the right side. A moulded Tudor-arched doorway is located to the left, and there are four windows on each floor. A small square window and a tall, double-chamfered light are positioned next to the door, followed by two double-chamfered two-light windows with hoodmoulds (now casements) above the door on differing levels, and two vertical rectangular, double-chamfered windows (also casements) to the right on each floor, the upper one united by a single hoodmould. The right return wall of this bay also incorporates two similar windows on each floor. The north bay is of less architectural significance. Inside, a partition wall between the bays includes a cruck truss with a cross rail at ground floor level, a tie-beam at the first floor, a collar yoke, and post-and-rail framing on both floors. Cross-corner fireplaces are present on both floors, each with moulded Tudor-arched surrounds. It is believed that the original timber-framed building was a service wing of a former hall house that formerly stood to the west.