The Hall

The Hall is a house, later used as offices, dating to 1778. It has undergone additions and alterations, primarily to the rear, mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is attributed to Joseph Pickford of Derby and was constructed for gentleman farmer Henry Howitt. It is built of red brick with ashlar and gauged brick dressings, a stone plinth, and a bracketed moulded stone cornice with a blocking course above. The roof is hipped, covered with graduated slate tiles, and features brick ridge stacks.

The Hall has three storeys and three bays, with the central bay slightly advanced and topped with a pediment. The main elevation includes steps leading up to a central doorcase constructed of ashlar in a Roman Doric style with a pediment. The doorcase is flanked by narrow sash windows with tapering pilasters and plain entablatures, creating a Venetian style arrangement. The raised and fielded panelled front door is surmounted by a semi-circular traceried fanlight. To the east side of the doorcase, in the central bay, is an early 20th-century war memorial featuring a brass plaque within a pedimented stone aedicule. The side bays have glazing bar sashes set under gauged brick flat arches. Above those are two similar windows, and a central glazing bar window within a raised, moulded, shouldered stone surround. Above that again are three smaller glazing bar sashes, those to the sides being under gauged brick arches, and the centre within a moulded stone surround. Similar windows are found on the other elevations, except for two late 19th-century canted bay windows on the ground floor of the west elevation.

Inside, a fine oak staircase features an open string with elaborate cheek-pieces and three different columnar balusters to each step—one tapering, one twisted, and one fluted—each resting on a square knop and a vase. A wide, moulded, ramped handrail is also present. The staircase leads to a large, open first-floor landing with a balustrade of similar balusters. A back staircase, rising to the second floor, has simpler tapering, knopped balusters and a ramped handrail. One ground floor room has a fine contemporary coloured marble fireplace designed by George Moneypenny. One upper room retains a plain shouldered 18th-century fireplace; the others are 19th-century replacements. A 19th-century bakehouse is located to the rear of the building.