Hoar Hall

Hoar Hall is a house dating from 1732, with earlier origins, located on the east side of Over Whitacre Sandy Lane. It is built of red brick in Flemish bond and features a hipped roof covered with plain tiles, along with a coved wooden eaves cornice. The building has a double-pile plan, a cellar, two storeys, and an attic, with three hipped dormers. The symmetrical five-bay facade showcases 19th-century 12-pane recessed hung sashes, which are set under rubbed and gauged brick arches with painted stone sills. Two of the windows are now blind.

The central doorway is approached by three sandstone steps and is segmental in plan. It features a plain pilaster doorcase made of wood, with a narrow hood, and double doors consisting of four panels and a rectangular fanlight. The fanlight has glazing bars radiating from a small central light that displays the reset coat of arms of E. Weston. The ground floor fenestration mirrors this style, including two blind windows. The south-west side wall has four window bays, with a cellar light that has a sandstone surround. Four of the windows on this elevation have cross-frame casements, some of which date back to the 18th century. The rear wall openings are in elliptical header brick arches, while the north wall features a down waterpipe with an original rainwater head dated 1732.

Inside, there is raised and fielded bolection moulded panelling in one ground floor room, along with a corner cupboard that has a half-round head, shaped shelves, and a panelled door. The open-well staircase has a curved and cantilevered landing, an open-string design with column-on-vase balusters, turned newels, and a ramped toads-back rail. The cellar is lined with squared and coursed sandstone. There are two original fireplaces on the first floor and a plaster cheese floor in one attic room. The house was acquired by a member of the Weston family in 1692 and remained in their possession until 1892. It was rebuilt around 1732 by E. Weston, whose coat of arms is featured in the central bars of the fanlight above the front door.