Matt Hall

Matt Hall is a house dating from 1572, with 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of whitewashed stone and brick, featuring a rendered gable end and a half hipped slate roof with an axial brick stack. The building is single storey with attics and has an irregular five-bay front. A 20th-century external flat-roofed porch covers the three bays to the left. The layout follows a lobby entry plan, with an off-centre half-glazed door above which is a plaster plaque surrounded by a dentillated and beaded frame. This plaque has a sunk pane at its centre, displaying 'IP 1572' in a strapwork cartouche. The door is flanked by single three-light casement windows and single glazed doors, all featuring segmental brick heads. The wall plate is exposed along the full length of the building. To the left, there is a later lean-to kitchen extension. Inside, both the hall and parlour retain central stopped chamfered beams, and the fireplace lintel in the parlour is deeply moulded.