Battles Hall

Battles Hall is a manor house dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It features a timber frame that is roughcast rendered and has a roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The original section of the building is oriented approximately east-west, with 18th-century extensions added to the north and a southern aspect. The house has two storeys with attics.

On the south elevation, there are two 20th-century casement windows and one tripartite double-hung sash window. The ground floor includes a brick and tile lean-to double porch. The first floor has four casement windows and four double-hung sash windows with 16, 12, 4, and 16 lights, respectively, dating from the early 19th century. A gabled dormer with three small casement windows from the 19th century is also present. The roof is hipped at the eastern end only.

Inside, exposed beams above the ground floor and first floor are plain-chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, and the joists are plastered to the soffits. The structure features jowled posts, straight tiebeams, and short arched braces. The walls are bricked and rendered up to the first floor level, and above the original wallplates, the walls were raised by approximately one metre in the 18th century to enlarge the attics. The name "Battles" comes from Richard Battaile and his family, who held the manor since 1165.