Sproughton Hall

Sproughton Hall is a house dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with later additions. It features a timber frame that is rendered, with brick and plain tile roofs, and has an L-shaped plan. The front range is 2½ storeys tall, while the rear range is 2 storeys. The building includes cellars and has three windows with 2- and 3-light 20th-century timber cross casements. The central French window was formerly the main entrance. There are two gabled casement dormers with shaped finials. An external stepped brick stack, dating from around 1600 and built in English bond, is located on the right-hand gable and has a tile-roofed link to the main roof. The left-hand return features a resited doorway with a door that has two lower raised and fielded panels and an upper part that is glazed, all set in a moulded doorcase with a ramped cornice and flanked by reeded pilasters. A timber porch with a flat canopy is supported by two fluted timber posts on tall square bases.

The rear range has a large external brick stack in Flemish bond, dating from around 1700, which is built on the base of an earlier brick stack. There is also a 17th-century one-bay, two-storey dairy with a first-floor louvred window. Inside, the cellar consists of two two-bay cells beneath the right-hand front and part of the rear range, both of which are ceiled with horizontal joists; the front has bar stops, while the rear features lamb's tongue stops on the main beams. The interior includes 18th-century panelling, a fireplace surround, and flanking alcoves that were installed in the 1950s. The rear range has a deep chamfered main beam and horizontal joists, while the front range features a clasped purlin roof. The rear range has a wind-braced side purlin roof that has undergone significant repairs.