Exhall Hall

Exhall Hall is a house, now divided into three separate dwellings, largely dating back to the 16th century, with significant additions and alterations from the early to mid-19th century and further changes in the early 20th century. The original cross-wing is pebble-dashed over a timber frame, which originally featured close studding and lath-and-plaster infill, though much of the timber frame has been refaced with brick. The left range of the house is built of Flemish bond brick, incorporating a brick string course, a dentil cornice, and a regular coursed sandstone plinth. The roof is covered in old plain tiles and has 19th-century brick ridge stacks. The building is arranged in a ‘T’ shape, with the cross-wing positioned on the right.

The house is two storeys and has an attic, with a five-window front. The cross-wing has a late 20th-century door set in the left corner, and features three-light windows. The 20th-century wood mullioned and transomed windows throughout have upper lights with glazing bars. The first floor of the cross-wing has massive corner posts with half-octagonal shafts, and a jettied gable with a moulded bressumer and brackets. The entrance, set in an angle of the building, has a half-glazed door and sidelights with glazing bars, under a basket arch with a fanlight. An early 19th-century Grecian style cast iron openwork porch, which was moved from another location within the building, is covered by a plain-tile hood. Ground-floor windows are set within cambered brick arches. Two hipped roof dormers provide attic windows, each with a two-light casement containing glazing bars. The right return side of the building has a three-window range, featuring three-light bay windows on the ground floor and three-light windows above. Visible exposed studs are between the bays on the first floor. The rear of the building is mainly from the 19th century.

Inside the cross-wing, there are remnants of a stone fireplace, and one room has an early to mid-19th-century vineleaf cornice. Fragments of linenfold panelling are also present. On the first floor are two back-to-back painted stone moulded Tudor arch fireplaces. Some studding remains exposed throughout the house, including in the attic, which also features a trenched purlin roof with large wind braces.