Staple Hall

Staple Hall is an inn that has been converted into a nursing home. It dates from the early to mid-17th century and is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a stucco front. The building features a gabled stone slate roof, with a stone stack finished in brick at the left end and brick ridge stacks. It has a two-unit plan, is two storeys high with an attic, and presents a double-gabled façade with four windows.

The entrance includes a late 19th-century six-panelled door, of which four panels are glazed, and is sheltered by a late 18th-century stone porch that has an open pediment supported by Tuscan columns. The windows are primarily late 18th-century six-pane sashes, with late 19th-century three-light casements in the attic. At the rear, there is an early 18th-century sash window with thick glazing bars, a central wing from the 19th century, and a late 17th-century two-storey wing made from similar materials to the left.

Inside, the hall features stop-chamfered beams and an open fireplace with a bressumer. There is also an early 19th-century dog-leg staircase with a landing at the rear, and the roof is a collar-truss design with butt purlins. It is said that Staple Hall was built in 1668 for William Townsend and his wife Ursula Marriott and served as a popular meeting place for the Company of Blanket Weavers before the Blanket Hall was constructed in 1721.