Upp Hall

Upp Hall is a country house dating from the late 16th century or 17th century, which was restored and extended around 1896. It is constructed of red brick and features steep old red tile roofs. The original front range consists of two storeys and attics and likely represents the hall and service end of a house that once extended further north, possibly incorporating an older building that has since been demolished.

The house faces west, with the northern room, now used as a dining room, containing a rear lateral chimney and ovolo-moulded beams. It was probably accessed through a screens passage on the south side, aligned with the current front entrance. To the south, there is a kitchen (reception) featuring a wide fireplace at its southern end, along with a large unheated service room (drawing room) to the south of it. East of this room is a rear service room, and east of the hall is a staircase wing.

The west front includes a moulded brick floor-band and eaves band, with three long, six-light, mullioned and transomed windows on each floor, and two large gables with linked gable parapets. A circular recess is found in the apex over a three-light mullioned window. The floor band steps up over the entrance door located below the left-hand gable, which features a battended door in a four-centre arched wooden frame under a label and brick pediment. A small three-light window is situated above the door. A two-storey canted bay window was added to the right-hand return around 1909. The extension is two storeys high, built in brick and tile, with three-light casement windows and gable parapets, along with hipped dormers in the attics at the rear.

Inside, the house boasts exotic fittings. In the dining room, there is panelling believed to be from the Old Bishops Palace in Salisbury, along with an overmantle from around 1630 that is arcaded and carved. The reception room features 17th-century oak panelling said to be from Wood End House in Warwickshire, along with an arcaded overmantle.