Roydon Hall

The house known as Roydon Hall is a country house, initially built in 1535, according to an inscription above the entrance doorway. It was largely re-glazed with sash windows around 1680, and extensively remodelled circa 1870 by Habershon, particularly to the east and south fronts. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, covered by slate roofs.

The north front (the main entrance front) has two storeys, with crow-stepped gables added during the 19th-century remodelling. It features two large chimney breasts with stove-topped brick stacks. The fenestration is irregular, comprising 19th-century casements within transom and mullion surrounds. A semi-basement block extends to the right, with an area nearby. A porch, slightly off-centre to the left, has a stone ground floor with a round-headed arch framed by Tuscan half-columns on high bases, supporting an entablature. The strapwork decoration suggests a date around 1600. Transom and mullion windows are present on both floors above. An entrance range fronts the north facade, forming a small square court. A low, three-dimensional four-centred arch is centrally located, flanked by triangular and polygonal projections where rooms once stood, with octagonal turrets at each, connected to the house by two eight-foot high walls.

The east front is predominantly Victorian, with two Victorian dormers. The south front has two storeys, displaying irregular fenestration with multi-light transom and mullion windows dating from circa 1870. Three gables are located to the left, while a two-story canted bay appears on the right. A Victorian porch, offset to the right of the centre, features a neo-Perpendicular pointed arch window with tracery above. The west front retains more of its original character, with brick laid in English bond. It rises to three storeys with three 19th-century crow-stepped gables, and features a string course below the gables supported by moulded brick corbels in the form of a table of trefoil arches. Two sheer chimney breasts pierce the gables, with original stove-topped stacks.

Inside, the South East Room contains Jacobean panelling. The South Room has a chapel screen with six lights and a central door (though the screen is not original), along with a heavily moulded door surround. The North East Room contains walnut panelling dating from around 1680. The Blue Room exhibits lavish 19th-century rococo revival decoration, including cornices, ceilings, pier-glasses, a overdoor, a bressummer to the bay window, and a chimney-piece. The original central courtyard was roofed and top-lit to create the main staircase around 1870. Most rooms feature neo-Jacobean plaster ceilings dating from circa 1870.