Little Haugh Hall

Little Haugh Hall is a former manor house dating back to around 1730, originally built for the antiquary Cox Macro and significantly remodelled around 1830 for Peter Huddleston. The main elevation is faced with stuccoed brick, featuring a band above the first-floor windows and a parapet with a bold, moulded cornice. The low-pitched, hipped roof is slate-covered, with internal chimneys constructed of gault brick and one 19th-century dormer, clad in lead.

The house has an eight-window main range, with a slightly set-back range to the right containing five windows, incorporating a semi-circular, full-height bay in the centre. Smaller panes are found in the sash windows throughout. The entrance features a six-panelled door surmounted by an oblong fanlight with radiating bars and decorative enrichment reminiscent of a fan. A Greek Ionic portico porch, spanning three bays, supports a flat entablature and open balustrading, also in three bays.

The south elevation is of gault brick, dating to around 1830, with four windows featuring flat arches constructed with gauged brick, small panes, and blind boxes. The western elevation displays red brickwork from around 1730, with traces of original colourwash. A band runs along the first floor and beneath the eaves, and there is no parapet here. Five windows are present, featuring sashes with flat arches of gauged brick and original, thick glazing bars. A prominent Venetian staircase window is centrally positioned, with Corinthian columns and pilasters supporting a frieze from which the central arched sash rises. A half-glazed panelled door, with a Gibbs surround incorporating a moulded cornice, sits beneath the window. Attached to the north of this elevation are service ranges in gault brick (around 1830) and a lower extension.

The interior retains high-quality work from around 1730-40 within the entrance hall, staircase area and adjacent rooms. A finely crafted staircase features a moulded handrail, turned balusters, carved enrichment, and is possibly the work of Thomas Ross. Fine joinery, including doorways, full panelling, and fireplaces, is also present. A deeply domed ceiling above the landing displays a painting by Francis Hayman, dated 1741. An enriched plaster ceiling, potentially created by James Burrough around 1745, adorns the dining room. Significant early 19th-century remodelling included the removal of a third storey and raising of the first-floor level at the south end, with the incorporation of dummy windows in the process.