Holton Hall

Holton Hall is a house that dates back to the early 16th century, with later additions and alterations, and features a front range from the early 19th century. The rear range is timber-framed, encased in brick, and rendered, with work completed around 1985. It has a plain tile roof, and the upper parts of the stacks have been rebuilt in white brick. The front range is constructed of white brick and has a slate roof. The building has a U-plan layout, with a hall and cross wing attached to the rear of the front range. The former open hall is now one storey with an attic, and the cross wing is two storeys high.

The hall has two bays, with a later stack inserted into the cross passage. The front range features two storeys and three bays, with a central hallway plan. It has a projecting pilastered porch with a dentilled cornice and pediment, a six-panel door with a patterned radial overlight, and tripartite sashes under cambered gauged brick arches, except for a 12-pane sash above the porch. The roof overhangs, and there are end stacks.

In the rear range, there is a hall with a lobby-entry to the right, two 16-pane sashes on the ground floor, and two gabled dormers with 16-pane sashes in architraves. The two-storey cross wing to the left has sashes and 20th-century casements, with the end bay under a hipped roof likely being a later addition with a ridge stack. The lower cross wing to the right has a later addition at the rear.

Inside, the front range features a cut-string staircase with carved tread ends and stick balusters. The hall range has a chamfered beam with step stops and joists with curved stops, along with a pair of inglenooks in red brick, which have been somewhat rebuilt. The two-storey cross wing has chamfered jowled posts, a chamfered beam with a step stop, and joists with run-out stops. The lower cross wing also has a chamfered beam with a step stop and plain joists. The hall range includes a crown post roof with a central truss that is now part of a studded partition wall, chamfered jowled posts, and a cambered tie beam supporting a plain rectangular crown post braced to the purlin. The two-storey wing has a similar crown post roof, with one truss raised and studded walls.