Little Maplestead Hall

Little Maplestead Hall is a house with origins dating back to the 14th century, which was rebuilt in the 17th century and underwent alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a double range construction, with a timber frame and 19th-century red brick facing, while the rear range is plastered. The roof is hipped and covered with grey slate, featuring three gabled dormers on the front range. The building has two storeys and attics, with four symmetrically placed red brick chimney stacks and two moulded bands. There are two symmetrically placed two-storey bays, each with stone bands over the windows. The window arrangement consists of three sections, each with vertically sliding sashes. A central enclosed red brick porch has moulded brick pilasters and a pediment, leading to a four-panel door with a light above.

The rear range has a red tiled roof and features an 18th-century panelled door with a fanlight above, flanked by fluted columns and an open pediment. It also includes small paned vertically sliding sash windows from the 18th century. To the left extension, there is a circa 1680 panelled door and a gabled dormer. Originally a 14th-century hall house, it is situated on the site of the Commandery of The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitallers. Many original timbers from the 14th century are incorporated into the 17th-century rebuild, including uprights and tie beams with mortices for five pegged arch braces, as well as split, heavily sooted roof rafters. The attic doors from the 18th century feature ironmongery, and there is a circa 1850 staircase supported by a fluted column, along with doors and architraves from around 1870 to 1880.