Fallingworth Hall And Fallingworth Hall Cottage

Fallingworth Hall and Fallingworth Hall Cottage are a house, now divided into two dwellings, dating from the early to mid-17th century. A porch was added in 1642, with later alterations occurring in the late 18th century, 19th century, and early 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared stone with a stone slate roof. Originally a lobby-entry 3-cell plan, it now has a 2-storey porch between bays 2 and 3 and a 3-storey rear range extending from bays 1 and 2.

The front has a chamfered plinth, double-chamfered mullion-and-transom windows, and a string course. Bay 1 features a 6-light window with a king mullion to the left of the doorway, likely from the 19th century, set within a reset Tudor-arched lintel dated 'I/MB/M 1616/H' (Michael and Isabel Barrow) flanked by decorative stops. Above this is a 6-light window with a king mullion. Bay 2 has a 2 + 4 light window on each floor. A continuous first-floor dripmould with decorative stops runs along bays 1 and 2. The porch has a moulded Tudor-arched doorway dated '16 AD 42', a 2-light window with a dripmould flanked by rainwater spouts, and a gabled parapet with moulded coping and finials, similar to those at Lower Old Hall. An oculus is present in each return of the porch, and inside are stone benches and a chamfered quoined Tudor-arched inner doorway. Bay 3 features a 7-light window without a transom, above which is a 6-light window under a decorative-stopped hoodmould. Chamfered gutter brackets are throughout, and kneelers and coping are on the right end. Two ridge stacks are present.

The rear range, heightened in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and likely originally used as a loom shop, has quoins. A doorway is situated to the right of an added outshut, which obscures much of the ground floor. The first floor of the rear range has a 2-light double-chamfered window (with the mullion removed) to the left and a 2-light chamfered window to the right. A blocked 2-light flat-faced mullion window is on the second floor. The right end returns at an acute angle and has a 3-light (now 2-light) chamfered mullion window and a blind archway on the second floor. The left return shows the plinth and string course returning from the front. A 4-light double-chamfered mullion window is on the first floor of the rear range; on the second floor are a blocked taking-in door to the left and a blocked 2-light flat-faced mullion window to the right. A blocked square light and ledge are in the gable.

Internally, the central house body has a moulded shallow-Tudor-arched fireplace with elaborate stops and sunk spandrels, stop-chamfered spine-beams, and joists with incised lines. A room in the rear range (now a garage) has a chamfered Tudor-arched fireplace on the rear wall. A first-floor central room has a basket-arched fireplace with a broad stopped-chamfer and is open to the porch room, which has stone flags under the present floor covering. Reused purlins, rafters, and a ridge-piece are also present. A reused dated lintel originates from Fields, which has since been demolished.