Amington Old Hall

Amington Old Hall, also known as Old Hall Farmhouse, is a farmhouse located on Ashby Road in Amington. It dates from the early 18th century, with a core that may date back to the 16th or 17th century. The building is constructed of brick and features a tile roof, with a flat lead roof at the center and brick stacks.

This two-unit house includes a cross wing, a former barn to the left, and a lower dairy wing to the right. It stands two storeys tall and has a four-window range, with a central gabled cross wing and a gabled projection at the right end. The cross wing and the right side have brick platt bands, and the gables are coped.

The entrance to the left of the cross wing features a doorcase with fluted pilasters and a triglyph frieze, leading to a six-fielded-panel door with two glazed panels. The projection has a segmental-headed entrance with a pegged door. The ground floor includes a window with a pegged wooden frame consisting of three transomed lights under a segmental head, along with a small light in the projection. The first floor has a nine-pane sash window under a rubbed brick flat arch at the left end, a small-paned casement with a moulded frame under a segmental head in the cross wing, and a painted blind window to the right. The projection features a 16-pane sash window under a segmental head.

There are end stacks and two cross-axial stacks, with the right stack being notably large. The left return has two sashed windows on the ground floor. The rear of the building displays a rich cornice and platt bands on the cross wing and the left side. The varied fenestration includes three 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars to the right of the cross wing, with nine-pane sashes above in large blocked segmental-headed openings. The first floor to the left of the cross wing has pegged cross casements, while the dairy wing features a low lean-to outshut and two-light barred windows, along with an attached pump in a wooden case.

Inside, the building retains 16th and 17th century stop-chamfered beams, some of which are found on wall posts on the ground floor. The kitchen has a large segmental-headed fireplace opening with a later range and a fixed oak dresser. The stairway between two walls features some early 18th century twisted balusters leading to the landing. The ground floor includes a six-fielded-panelled door, while the first floor has some 17th and 18th century doors with H-L or cock's head hinges. Some windows are fitted with shutters.