Friezley And Weavers

This is a cloth hall, dating back to the 15th century, with significant additions and alterations made in the 16th century and subsequent periods, including the early 20th century. It has been converted into two houses. The building is timber-framed, with close studding, and the infill varies – plaster on a brick and rendered plinth to the south-east, brick to the west, and red brick with tile hanging to the north. The roof is tiled with 19th-century bargeboards to the gable ends.

The west side features three return gables, the left-hand one being a 20th-century projection, with the south return front set back. The ground floor of the centre is brick-clad, while the first floor has close studding. It has an irregular three-window front with casement windows. A 20th-century arched brick porch with a stepped and curved gabled hood sits to the right, projecting from a wide brick chimney breast rising through the right-hand gable.

The south front is timber-framed with plaster infill over a brick and rendered plinth. A central return-gabled wing is set back, with a further wing to the right. The building is two storeys and has attics, with a large gabled dormer to the left. There is a jetty over the ground floor to the left and under the gable in the centre. The first floor features two windows to the left, including a shallow five-light oriel window likely dating from the early 16th century. Below the jetty are three windows. A 19th-century pentice-roofed bay sits between two small blocked 16th-century windows on the first floor of the gabled wing.

The east front is two storeys, with timber framing and close studding to the left and red brick with tile hanging to the right in the return gable end. Projecting stacks are located to the front left and to the left of the return wing. The fenestration is irregular, with two windows on the first floor to the left and five windows on both floors to the right, two in the timber-framed section and three in the brick section. A blocked window is present at the end of the return gable, and a wide octagonal oriel, supported by carved brackets, is on the first floor, flanked by two two-light blocked windows. The ground floor features six-light windows. A door leads into the basement, with a half-glazed door leading upwards via eight brick steps.

The interior retains substantial timber framing and includes an exceptionally wide fireplace with a long, low, Tudor-arched moulded wooden surround, along with seats inside and a window to the right. A neo-Caroline staircase was added in the early 20th century, and a ribbed ceiling is present in the drawing room. Various original mullioned windows survive. The roof has been rebuilt at a later date.