Whitehall

This is a house dating from the 16th century, originally an open hall house with a jettied west crosswing facing north. It was altered in the early 17th century and a southeast kitchen wing was added in the 18th century. The house is timber-framed with painted brick stepped sills. The kitchen wing is red brick, the hall range is roughcast, and the crosswing has exposed close studding. It has steep red-tile roofs.

The interior of the hall and the east service end has tiled floors, with an 18th-century floor inserted. A lobby entry is situated beside the central chimney at the upper end of the hall, incorporating a reused 16th-century moulded fire lintel, suggesting an earlier fire hood. A stair is located beyond the stack. The house is two storeys and an attic, with a 2-bay west crosswing featuring a jettied north gable, bull-nosed joist ends, and cusped 19th-century bargeboards with an apex pendant. The 18th-century kitchen wing has a large internal south gable chimney and two gabled dormers.

The north front has three 3-light flat-topped dormers, three 2-light casement windows, a gabled porch, and a large central red brick chimney with a moulded top and engaged diagonal shafts. A low 19th-century lean-to has been added to the south side of the hall range to improve circulation. Inside, exposed timbers and axial beams are visible. The west end of the house extends into Clothall parish within North Hertfordshire District.