Myddylton House

Myddylton House is a large house dating back to the 16th century, specifically 1534, with later additions from the early 18th century and a refronting in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed with timber framing and has gault brick, slate, and peg tile roofs. The house has a rectangular plan.

The east-facing front elevation is primarily of gault brick with oolitic stone dressings and features five bays, with clasping pilasters and unevenly spaced windows. The central front door is slightly offset to the north and has a stone surround with a dentilled cornice hood, plain frieze, and pilasters with simple capitals and bases, sheltering a four-panelled door. Stone bands delineate the floors, and both window arches and sills are stone. The ground floor has sashes with 3x4 panes, while the first floor has a 2-light casement window with glazing bars arranged as 4x3 panes, plus an upper fixed light of 4x1 panes. The second floor features “cross” windows with glazing bars – 2 lower casements (4x3 panes each) plus an upper light (4x1 panes). Deep, moulded eaves incorporate brick dentils. The slate roof is hipped, with stacks located at the north and south ends, and the rear wing’s roof ridge aligns with the front door.

The west end of the house is of pink gault brick, incorporating an integral rear lean-to. The lower portion is obscured, but the second and first floors have two and one blind, segmental-headed window apertures respectively. A segmental-headed window with a 20th-century 3-light metal casement is present on the lean-to’s second floor. A gault brick stack rises through the pitch of the hipped roof. The roof of the west wing is hipped and peg-tiled, with a similar roof in the internal angle between the wing and lean-to. The east end is mostly hidden but is of a similar style to the front, with a stack matching that at the west end.

The interior, as documented by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (RCHM), suggests an origin as early as the 16th century, with a large fireplace bearing an inscription which may date to 1534, containing the syllables “MYD” and “DYL” and a carved “tun” with the letter K. This fireplace has been lined with Delft tiles. The RCHM also records the presence of 16th, 17th, and 18th-century panelling, reportedly still in situ.