Peppermint Hall

Peppermint Hall is a house dating from the early 18th century, significantly remodelled circa 1830-40 and extended in the mid-19th century. The south front is built of Flemish bond gault brick, while the rear is of English bond red brick. The roof is low pitched and slate-covered with deep eaves, and brick stacks rise axially and at the ends.

The original layout comprised a two-room north range, with a central entrance hall representing a circa 1830-40 rebuilding to create a new front. The remains of the early 18th century house lie behind this, now forming a rear (southeast) wing. A two-storey outshut is part of the early 18th century fabric, while a range at the rear right-hand (southwest) angle dates to the mid-19th century, though it may contain earlier elements.

The north front is a symmetrical three-window design. It features tall French casements with margin panes; the ground floor windows have semi-circular fanlights with glazing bars, and those on the first floor have slightly cambered arches. A stone band sits at first floor cill level. A central doorway has a panelled door, reveals, and a Doric porch with fluted columns and an entablature canopy. A single bay end elevation mirrors the front’s fenestration.

The southeast wing is three storeys high, with a two-window east elevation. The uppermost storey has been rebuilt, and a plat band runs at first floor level. It incorporates 16-pane sashes on the lower floors, and 8-pane sashes on the top floor, with the leftmost window blank. A central doorway is present. The south end of the wing exhibits remnants of a plat band at second floor level, and a circa mid-19th century extension with a single 16-pane sash on the first floor. The two-storey outshut behind the north range has a lean-to roof and shows early brickwork in its west wall.

The inspection focused on the circa 1830-40 north front range. Most of the 19th-century joinery remains. The entrance hall contains six-panelled doors in moulded architraves, alongside a modillion plaster cornice. Rooms to the left and right also feature moulded plaster cornices. The room on the right has a later 19th-century marble fireplace and round arch alcoves, while the room on the left has elliptically headed alcoves with panelled cupboards, and a 20th-century fireplace. An open-well, open-string staircase is located behind the room on the right, with stick balusters, column newels, a mahogany handrail, and shaped tread ends.