Mutford Hall

House. Dated 1607 in decorative iron letters on the facade, Mutford Hall likely has a 16th-century core, and the central section and probably the left-hand wing are of that period, with a dairy range added to the rear later in the 17th century. The building follows an H-shape plan; the dairy range is attached to the rear of the shorter left-hand wing, offset approximately 2 meters. Originally largely timber-framed, it now mainly comprises brick with a colourwashed brick facade. The roof is plaintediled with crest tiles. The main structure is two storeys and an attic. The facade features five mid-19th century reproduction windows with large panes, which are smaller than the original windows. A 19th-century doorway is placed almost centrally, with a boarded door and a gabled hood. The gables are crowstepped. The right-hand wing has an external stack with two detached octagonal flues on moulded bases; a matching stack on the left-hand wing was removed in the 19th century. At the rear of the central section are two further stacks, one external with two square flues on a moulded base, and one internal with two detached octagonal flues, also with moulded bases. The rear of the right-hand wing is crowstepped, partially obscured by a later brick addition. The dairy range is plastered and has a crowstepped brick gable end with an integral stack featuring two later flues on the original octagonal moulded bases. Inside the dairy, the timber frame is intact, with two slatted diamond-mullioned windows at first-floor level and evidence for similar ground-floor openings. The original hall contains a fine early to mid-16th-century roll-moulded beam and joist ceiling, which has been divided in later alterations and the joists were concealed during a prior survey. Both wings feature cross-beamed ceilings with double convex mouldings and matching cornices; the ceiling in the left-hand wing is lower and may be contemporary with the hall. On the first floor, the left-hand room has a further moulded cross-beamed ceiling, and the right-hand room has a coved ceiling, likely dating to the 17th century. A late 18th-century staircase has two slender turned balusters per tread, a wreathed handrail, and carved tread-ends. In the rear of the central range are two good windows with 19th-century stained glass, one circular and one ovolo-moulded, appearing to be from the 17th century. A good early plank door leads to the cellar in the left-hand wing.