Broughton Hall

Broughton Hall is a farmhouse that was originally a manor house, built around 1600 and later remodeled in the early 19th century. The structure is timber-framed and plastered, featuring notable 18th and 19th century cable-pattern pargetting in panels. It has a plaintiled roof with external red brick chimneys; the 17th century parlour and hall chimneys have been rebuilt with twin diagonally set shafts. At the bases of both stacks, there are external arched niches that appear to be seats, although their exact purpose is uncertain.

The building is two storeys with attics and has a three-cell lobby and cross-passage entrance plan, with both end cells designed as cross-wings. The early 19th century windows are small-pane sashes; the hall window has side-lights, while the parlour window is twinned. The entrance doorways, located at both the lobby and cross-passage, feature four-panelled doors with glazed upper panels and a cornice supported by console brackets. Inside, the main range has ovolo-moulded main beams, close studding, and unchamfered exposed floor joists in the parlour. The roof over the parlour is wind-braced with butt-purlins, while the remainder of the roof was almost completely rebuilt after a fire around 1930. A full-height newel staircase features a well-crafted moulded plank door at the landing. The service cross-wing was added in the early or mid 17th century to replace an earlier range and includes a bakehouse and a dairy that was rebuilt around 1930.