Roydon Hall

Roydon Hall is a farmhouse dating from the mid or late 16th century, with alterations made in the early 17th century and mid 19th century. The building has two storeys and features a three-cell cross-passage entrance plan. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with hipped roofs covered in plain tiles. The external chimneys are made of red brick, displaying some 16th-century diaper work in burnt headers at the lower levels, while the upper parts were rebuilt in the 19th century. The windows are mainly mid-19th century small-pane sashes, with sidelights at the ground storey. The entrance door, located at the cross-passage, is a 19th-century design with six panels, four of which are glazed.

Inside, the hall showcases a fully-exposed first-floor structure, featuring beams and joists with multiple roll mouldings that are exceptionally deep and narrow for 16th-century carpentry. Several rooms display good close-studding. A short rear wing contains an original ladder-type stair with triangular block treads, a moulded door frame at the base, and balustrading with turned balusters and moulded handrails. A small section of the plain crownpost roof remains over the parlour cell to the right, which was originally designed as a cross-wing. The early or mid-17th-century remodelling includes full wainscotting in the parlour and the chamber above, both with moulded open fireplaces. Several first-floor rooms feature 17th-century wall plaster scratched to simulate ashlar work, while a rear chamber has a moulded plaster ceiling, and two others display applied rose and fleur-de-lys motifs. Additionally, there is an associated partially complete medieval moat. The parish boundary with Earl Stonham runs through the building.