Spexhall Hall

Spexhall Hall is a farmhouse that dates from the late 15th century and later. It has two storeys and attics in the main range, which is timber-framed and rendered, topped with black glazed pantiles. The east gable features red brick and incorporates a chimney-stack with a plain square shaft. There is a lean-to on the west side and a 1½ storey rear range at right angles to the front, both encased in colour-washed brick.

The main range has an internal chimney-stack with short diagonally-set attached shafts, three-light old mullion-and-transome type windows, and a six-panel door with raised fielded panels. The door surround includes half-round pilasters, an entablature, and an oblong fanlight with diagonal glazing bars. The structure is essentially a late medieval three-cell house, of which only the two-bay open hall remains. This hall was originally high and features embattled ornament on the middle rails at the level of the inserted ceiling.

A notable doorway in the north-west corner has a four-centred arched head with cavetto moulding, leading to the parlour, which has been replaced by the current lean-to. The main beam of the inserted ceiling is decorated with ovolo-moulding and stepped stops with jewel motifs. The inserted stack, which has two back-to-back hearths, is located at the west end of the hall. At the east end, a later studded partition separates the present entrance hall from the original service area, which was extended or replaced to create a parlour in the late 16th century.

The roof over the former open hall, although altered, is smoke-blackened and appears to be of simple rafter construction, with clasped side purlins over the eastern end. The rear wing is an early to mid-17th century service range, with main beams that are partly reused from the earlier house, featuring remnants of mouldings and Tudor flower motifs. The house is situated on a rectangular moated site.