Lowe Hall

Lowe Hall is a farmhouse dating back to 1666, with significant alterations made in the early 19th century and further additions and changes in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The house is constructed of red brick, originally covering a timber frame, and has a machine tile roof with coped verges and carved kneelers. It is arranged in an L-shape, with a two-storey brick outshut and a gabled range to the rear, containing the staircase. A parallel range was added in the 19th century.

The front of the house has two storeys and a gable-lit attic with a stepped eaves cornice. It has a three-window facade, featuring four-paned sash windows with segmental heads. The central entrance has a six-panel door with a rectangular barred overlight, sheltered by a pedimented, bracketed hood. External stacks to the ends of the front have been rebuilt in late 19th century brown brick. A datestone marked "1666" is visible, bearing an armorial shield beneath the eaves in the centre. The gable of the rear range was rebuilt in the late 19th or early 20th century brick, but retains projecting double-purlin ends. The gabled staircase projection has exposed timber framing to its apex, with V-struts from the collar. Late 19th century two-storey additions in an angle incorporate an axial ridge stack with three rebated and attached diagonal shafts.

The interior, which could not be inspected during a resurvey in March 1986, is known to contain a fine Jacobean staircase with flat open-work balusters and large finials to the newel posts, along with simple ornamental plasterwork below the stairs and on the landings. Lowe Hall was formerly the home of George Jeffreys, who became the first Baron of Wem in 1685.