Carlecotes Hall

Carlecotes Hall is a large detached house dating back to the 17th century, with substantial additions and alterations made in the late 18th or early 19th century and the mid-19th century. The mid-19th century work was likely by George Shaw of Saddleworth, commissioned by John Chapman. The house is constructed of squared, coursed stone with stone slate roofs and follows a Z-shaped plan, consisting of three parallel east-west ranges, the southern two of which end in a north-south range. The northern range has been extended both in the late 18th or early 19th century and again in the 20th century.

The garden front features a 4-light, double-chamfered mullion and transom window with a hood mould on the ground floor, alongside a 19th-century arched doorway. Further to the right, in the gable end of the north-south range, is a two-storey, 7-light canted bay window with trefoiled lights and a crenellated parapet. The gable above has chamfered copings on moulded kneelers. A similar two-storey bay window, square in shape with 3 x 4 lights and cambered heads to the ground floor windows and trefoiled heads to the first-floor windows, is situated in the internal angle where the north-south range meets the northern range, also featuring a crenellated parapet. The northern east-west range incorporates two bays of 3-light, flat-faced mullion windows and a chamfered doorway. There are five ashlar stacks with cornices and caps. A two-storey, 20th-century addition, of no particular interest, is present at the rear.

Inside, there are two 17th-century fireplaces, one in the north-south range with a later 19th-century inserted fireplace and a bressumer beam. A cross-beam dividing this range shows grooves indicating a former partition. The west room showcases joists with saw-tooth decoration and stained glass windows. An upstairs panelled oak screen is also present.