Cropton Hall

Cropton Hall is a farmhouse dating to the 17th and early 18th centuries, with a date of 1702 inscribed on the north gable. It is built of red brick with a steeply-pitched pantile roof, and has a cruciform plan. The south gable is shaped, with two ground floor and two first floor cross-casement windows. The hall features an internal chimney stack with two octagonal chimney shafts, having moulded caps and bases. Eaves corbels are moulded. The gable return displays diapering. The west wall, five bays wide, features cross-casements at first floor level. A central doorway has moulded brick pilasters, an entablature with a pulvinated frieze, and a segmental pediment. The original door has upper octagonal panels and a lower section with six cruciform panels, though it is now slightly truncated at the base. A 2-light rectangular fanlight sits above the door, with a gauged brick arch. Ground floor windows are 3 x 4-light casements with transoms, replacing four original windows; the arches of these original windows remain in place. A platband runs along the first floor, and a modillion eaves cornice is present. On the south wall of the west wing are three windows; the ground floor has single-glazed sashes, wider than the first floor cross-casements. Another platband features a moulded soffit. A further internal stack is located at the west gable, with two diagonally-set shafts. Two moulded string courses are found on the gable. A large central ridge stack has four octagonal shafts with moulded caps and bases. The north range, dated 1702, has altered ground floor openings with a rendered lintol-band above. It also has two first floor cross-casements and a 2-light attic window. Blocked openings are visible in the east wall. A later gabled range to the north-west is dated 1730. A gabled stair turret to the east has a semicircular-headed stair window with glazing bars. Inside, the house contains a good 17th-century staircase with a closed string, turned balusters, newels, and urn-finials to the newel posts.