Old Newton Hall

Old Newton Hall is a farmhouse that was formerly a manor house, dating from around 1600 to 1630, with a core that dates back to the late 16th century. The building has two storeys and features a three-cell lobby-entrance plan, along with significant 17th-century additions at the rear. It is timber-framed, with the front encased in late 19th-century gault brick and the rear plastered. The roofs are plaintiled, and there is a late 16th-century axial chimney made of narrow buff brick, which has been mostly rebuilt in 20th-century red brick. There is also a 19th-century axial chimney of red brick on the left side and a 17th-century chimney at the rear, made of red brick with shaped sunk panels in the shaft.

The front of the house features late 19th-century sash windows with stone lintels and large-pane sashes. An unusual early 19th-century semi-circular entrance porch has a moulded cornice and a flat roof, with a six-panelled door and an oblong fanlight. The rear of the building showcases early 17th-century features, including two rear wings that have exceptionally deep overhangs at the gables. The wallplates overhang by about a metre and are supported by a moulded tiebeam with cage-type drop-finials, while long console brackets support the wallplates.

The narrower left-hand wing includes a splayed oriel with a coved plaster soffit and an 18th-century window with leaded glazing. The wider gable features a centre beam with similar treatment as the gable foot. Evidence suggests that a similar gable treatment existed at both ends of the main range but was removed in the 19th century. Inside the left-hand wing, there is a small chamber with exceptionally fine and complete joinery, including full wainscotting, two doors with enriched pediments, a fire surround with marquetry strapwork and clustered colonnettes, and a frieze with strapwork motifs.