Hempnalls Hall

Hempnalls Hall is a manor house dating from the late 16th century, with a small 18th-century rear wing that replaced an earlier structure to the west. The building was restored in the 1980s. It features a timber frame, mostly plastered, with the front showcasing panelled plasterwork from the 1980s. A notable feature is the late 16th-century crow-stepped red brick gable end on the right. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The house has two storeys and an attic, while the rear wing is 1½ storeys high.

There are three windows on the front, which are 4-light casements with mid-20th-century square-leaded glass. Between the upper windows are two original windows that have ovolo-moulded mullions. The central doorway, dating from the late 18th century, has a reeded architrave with corner squares that were once decorated with masks, a broken entablature, and an open dentilled pediment that encloses a semi-circular fanlight with glazing bars. The door itself has six fielded panels. The house also features three gabled dormers.

The 16th-century gable end has paired windows at three levels, although those on the upper floors are blocked. There is an integral stack with two detached octagonal shafts on moulded bases, and another stack at the rear has an oblong base with three square shafts arranged diamondwise. The left gable end is of a later date, suggesting the house may have originally extended further; the ground floor has brickwork from around 1700 and an original ovolo doorframe that has been repositioned from another location.

Inside, there are two fine stone fireplaces with moulded 4-centred arches and shield-carved spandrels; one fireplace in the parlour features a shield inscribed 'EC' for Elizabeth Clare, dated 1636. There is also a stuccoed attic fireplace and an elaborately-carved Flemish fireplace that was added in the 1980s. The interior includes one ovolo service doorway, a blocked front cross-entry doorway, and an upper doorway leading to the earlier wing, which is now lost. Much of the original or early 17th-century internal panelling was removed in the early 20th century, but some remains. One bay of the hall ceiling was removed to accommodate a well stair added in the 1980s. The roof features two rows of butt purlins. The house is surrounded by a medieval moat.