Broughton Hall The Court House

Broughton Hall, also known as The Court House, is a former manor house that has been converted into two dwellings. The central part of the building is believed to date back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th to early 18th centuries. The south end was extended and remodeled around 1800, and there have been 20th-century alterations and extensions to the west side and north end. The structure is built of coursed rubble limestone, with the south wing being roughcast. It features stone slate and Welsh slate roofs.

The south front, dating from around 1800, is two storeys high and has seven bays. It includes an ashlar plinth and a coped parapet over a moulded string course. The windows are three-pane sashes, with the upper windows being square and set in moulded architrave surrounds, possibly made of Coade stone. One window on the right side is missing its surround. The upper window in the third bay has an eared surround, and below it is a half-glazed door with a large overlight that matches the flanking sashes. The roof is hipped, and there is a cellar beneath the left bays.

The east front features a roughcast block to the left, which is three storeys high and has three bays, topped with a ramped parapet. This block includes large two-light windows with chamfered stone mullions and 19th to 20th-century sashes. There is a canted bay window on the ground floor to the right, and an early 19th-century six-panelled door to the left, flanked by single lights, with a reeded surround and a segmental arch over an ornamental fanlight. A 20th-century Doric porch with a flat cornice roof is also present. To the right of this block is the older wing, which is two storeys high and features restored mullion windows and 20th-century casements. There is a three-storey tower block at the right end, also with a ramped parapet.

Inside the older wing, there is a mid-18th-century stone fireplace surround with a keyblock and moulded cornice, as well as another fireplace with a re-used bolection surround. This wing also retains part of a chamfered timber wall post, although it is mostly encased in later walling. The drawing room contains good plaster panelling and a moulded modillion cornice with rosettes. The interior has been significantly altered in the 20th century.