Toppinghoe Hall

Toppinghoe Hall is a late 16th-century house that has been altered in the 17th and 20th centuries. It is primarily timber framed and plastered, with one wall made of red brick in English bond, and it has a roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The building consists of five bays aligned northeast-southwest, featuring an axial stack in the second bay from the southwest end. At the northeast end, there are 20th-century extensions to the southeast, creating a T-plan layout. The house is two storeys high, with the southwest gable end made of late 16th-century brick.

On the ground floor, there is one 20th-century sash window, while the first floor has one original four-light window with ovolo-moulded jambs, a mullion and transom, a square head, and a moulded label, all of which are cement-rendered, though the outer lights are blocked. In the attic gable, there is an original three-light window with ovolo-moulded jambs and mullions, also cement-rendered and blocked. Above this, there is a square recessed panel that is blank, along with a rebuilt brick pinnacle. Other external features are all from the 20th century.

Inside the southwest wing, there is a large wood-burning hearth with a depressed arch facing southwest, which has been stripped and repaired, and back-to-back with it is another large wood-burning hearth featuring a chamfered mantel beam with lamb's tongue stops, both constructed of 0.33 metre brickwork. On the first floor, there is a smaller wood-burning hearth with a depressed arch and chamfered jambs, which has been stripped and blocked. The building features jowled posts and face-halved and bladed scarfs in the wallplates. The roof appears to have been rebuilt in softwood, although it has not been fully examined.