Sutton Hall

Sutton Hall is a house with origins dating back to the 14th century, which underwent significant alterations and rebuilding in the 16th century, along with later modifications. The structure features a timber frame that is faced with red brick, while the north wing is weatherboarded. It has red plain tiled roofs, with a lower range to the right and rear ranges. The main range has two rear left and external right chimney stacks, as well as a stack on the rear range. The building is two storeys high with attics, showcasing a parapet and parapet verges. There are pilasters on both the right and left sides of the main range, and it has a window arrangement of seven small paned vertically sliding sashes with segmental heads. An off-centre right pedimented porch features capitals and bases to the pilasters and circular columns, along with a moulded frieze. The entrance includes a four-panelled door with a top light and two fire insurance plaques above it.

Inside, remnants of the original frame can be seen, including heavy jowled storey posts, cambered tie beams, and arched bracing in the walls. The roof was likely rebuilt in the 16th century, with the original timbers showing soot marks and being arch braced to the purlin. At the rear, there is a 16th-century extension, possibly a stair turret, and another small stair turret that is jettied at tie beam level, featuring original barge boards. Extensive improvements were made in the early 18th century, including a central rear extension. This period introduced details such as panelled doors, architraves, fireplace surrounds, and some sash windows. Several notable 16th and 17th-century doors remain, some with original ironmongery, alongside a selection of 17th-century and later panelling, as well as fine bolection moulded panels from around 1600 facing the 16th-century rear chimney stack. In the 18th century, Sutton Hall was the home of Chester Moor Hall, who created the first achromatic telescope.