Pollard Hall

Pollard Hall is a hall house dating from 1659, although a portion on the left may be slightly earlier, with an addition constructed in 1889. It was built for Tempest and Mary Pollard. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed stone, with deeper courses to the 1659 section. It has a stone slate roof with chamfered gable copings and ornamental finials to the apexes and eaves, alongside chamfered ashlar stacks with caps. The front elevation features four gables, with a central two-storey porch that has a doorway with a moulded surround and arched lintel. Above the doorway is a four-light window, and on each floor to either side of the porch are two-light windows. A lead rainwater head dated 1695 is situated to the right of the porch. The two original gabled wings are similar, each with a six-light window to both floors and a two-light window in the gable apex; a rainwater head bearing the initials T.M.P. is also present. To the right of the porch, a large hall window comprises 24 lights, arranged as six lights by four lights in height, with a king mullion and three transoms, and a two-light window in the gable apex. The right gable has two four-light windows with a common hood mould to the ground floor, and a five-light window to the first floor. A projecting gabled wing from 1889, in a sympathetic style, sits on the extreme left, featuring a two-storey canted bay with mullioned and transomed windows. A single-storey porch with an arched lintel, moulded surround and ball-and-stalk finials is situated at the rear, with an overlight above. A band of shields is set at a high level on the right side of the building. All windows are double-chamfered and have glazing bars.

The hall itself is galleried on three sides, featuring plasterwork to the underside and frieze. A fireplace is situated against a screen passage.

A flagged terrace runs alongside a low ashlar wall with roll-top copings, supported by octagonal, tapering, carved piers and corner pinnacles.

(N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, 1979)