Alderton Hall

Alderton Hall is a farmhouse dating back to the 15th century, with significant alterations and additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior is constructed of white Flemish bond brick and rendered brick, with a pantile roof that was originally thatched. The front of the building has five bays dating to the early to mid-19th century, built of white brick. A projecting porch sits to the left of centre, featuring fluted columns with bell caps, responds with an entablature, and a cast iron balcony. The front door consists of six panels, with the lower two flush and the upper four raised and fielded, accompanied by a two-light fanlight above. Two-light casement windows with cambered heads and stone sills are situated to the right and left of the porch, mirrored by similar windows on the first floor. A ridge chimney stack is located to the left of centre, and another is at the far right of the hipped roof. The left-hand side of the building is rendered and colour-washed, with a later projecting section containing four 20th-century plate glass sash windows on each floor. A massive chimney stack of 17th-century date is centrally positioned on this left-hand side, with white brickwork to the left and rendering to the right, including a first-floor 2-light casement window. The rear of the property includes a projecting wing on the right which was replaced in the 20th century with a half-hipped gable. A lean-to structure of two storeys is situated to the left flank of this wing. The main range features a 4-light 19th-century casement window on the right, alongside a 19th-century ground-floor lean-to outshut to the left. Horizontally-sliding sash windows are located on the first floor above this arrangement. A projecting wing with a hipped roof is further to the left, containing a single-light 20th-century window.

Inside, the front parlour has massive, heavily moulded ceiling beams featuring a triplet of roll mouldings on the underside and deep hollow chamfers with run-out stops. Similar beams are embedded within a dividing wall, accompanied by similarly moulded joists. A 20th-century fire surround and a 19th-century panelled door are also present. A first-floor room above the parlour contains a massive cross-axial cambered beam, joined at its centre by two axial beams, all supported by jowled wall posts. Further massive jowled wall posts and chamfered ceiling beams are found on the ground and first floors throughout the remaining 2 ½-bay range, featuring a massive late 16th or early 17th-century chimney stack within a half-bay that appears to have been adapted from a full bay to accommodate the chimney.