Hall Farmhouse Or Home Farmhouse

Hall Farmhouse, also known as Home Farmhouse, is a mid-18th century farmhouse, possibly designed by William Kent. It features whitewashed brick and a smut pantiled roof. The building is two storeys high with attics and has a symmetrical double pile plan. The north front displays five bays, with four ground floor and five first floor sash windows that have glazing bars. All openings are under segmental arches with a single keystone. The two outer bays are recessed while the central bay is brought forward. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with four glazed panels, also under a segmental arch with three keystones. The corners of the outer and central bays have raised chamfered brick quoins. There is an eaves cornice that continues as a platband across the centre bay, which has a central segmental arched lunette above. The roof includes two flat-roofed dormers. The pedimented gable has a moulded base and verges, with mouldings that return along the sides.

To the east, there are two single-storey lean-to wings, one with a single sash window and the other with a two-light casement. The double pile gables have two end stacks on each side and central lead down-pipes featuring a Walpole crest on the hoppers. The rear of the building mirrors the front facade, with two ground floor tripartite and four first floor sashes that also have glazing bars, along with a pedimented gable that includes a lunette.

This farmhouse is a distinctive example of mid-18th century architecture associated with the Houghton estate, balanced by Village Farmhouse to the east. The layout is noted in Isaac Ware's Plans for Houghton from 1735, published in 1750.