Lovells Hall

Lovell's Hall is a house dated 1543, featuring a ground floor made of Barnack stone and the upper parts constructed from brick, topped with plain tiled roofs. The building has a half-H plan with a south wing that projects to the east. The east facade consists of two storeys with attics, flanked by two large gabled cross wings that surround a two-storey Barnack stone porch. The porch has a segmental entrance arch beneath a square hood mould supported by labels, and above it is a coat of arms with a datestone from 1743.

The first floor of the porch is illuminated by a square-headed three-light mullion window, with additional light coming from two two-light square mullion windows on the north and south sides. The low-pitched gabled roof is situated behind a pediment. The cross wings feature a set-off at the first floor, with a five-light square-headed mullion window, complete with a transom, on the ground floor of the north wing, and a four-light mullion window on the south gable, both adorned with square hoods on labels. Each gable has one three-light mullion window on the first floor and three-light mullion windows in the attic. The gable heads rest on moulded brick kneelers and are topped with ashlar ball finials.

A four-light square mullioned window is located on the first floor of the north gable wall, and a ridge stack is positioned to the right of the centre of the main gable. The south wing extends east for five bays and is two storeys high with a dormer attic that was altered in the 18th century. It features a square, pedimented, single-storey bay with a five-light mullioned and transomed window at the centre of the facade, flanked by two square-headed mullioned casements. The first floor has five three-light mullioned casements, and a crenellated parapet is found below the gabled roof, which includes three flat-headed dormers. The ridge stack is located to the left of the centre. The interior was not accessible during the re-survey, but one panelled room was recorded in 1965, with the remainder of the interior having been significantly altered during army occupation from 1940 to 1945.