Walton Old Hall

Walton Old Hall is a manor house that was rebuilt in the early 18th century by Nicholas or John Fairfax. It was later extended and underwent extensive alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed from irregularly-coursed magnesian limestone rubble and features a stone slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high, with a window arrangement of 1:3 on the first floor on the north side. The exterior includes quoins and double-chamfered, mullioned windows, most of which have been renewed.

On the left, a gabled wing projects and contains a four-light window beneath an older transomed four-light window. The main range, set back on the right, has a plain doorway to the left of a three-light window and a small lean-to addition beyond it. Above, there is a three-light window on the first floor flanked by two-light windows. Stone stacks are located at the eaves on the left and at the ridge of the hipped roof on the right. A 20th-century porch is situated on the south side, flanked by five-light windows on the left and two- and three-light windows on the right.

The left return features a lean-to beneath an original three-light window that has been restored. The interior has not been inspected. This site was originally the ancestral home of the Fairfax family, who have lived here since the 14th century. Notable descendants include Robert Fairfax, a composer around 1500, and Sir Guy Fairfax, a prominent Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses. In the 19th century, the hall was used as a girls' boarding school. A full photographic record of the house exists prior to its 20th-century renovation.