No 4 Walton House Walton House

This is a large house, originally divided into two ownerships, dating back to the late 16th and early 17th centuries. A wing at the rear was added around 1789. The house is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, with an ashlar facade featuring a moulded stone plinth. The roof is covered with stone slates, visible from the road, with some concrete tiles to the rear. Ashlar stacks are present. The building is arranged in an ‘L’ shape. A pebble-dashed extension projects from the main body, and a slate-roofed extension attached to Nos. 3 and 4 Walton House at the rear is not considered of particular interest.

The main part of the house has two storeys and an attic, lit by three 2-light hipped roof dormers. The front facade features five 12-pane sash windows, set within plain architraves with keystones. A former entrance, previously positioned off-centre to the right, is now partially blocked, retaining a fanlight above a two-pane sash window inserted into the opening. A band and parapet runs above the first-floor windows, extending around the left gable end. A bull's-eye window, surrounded by a keystone, is positioned near the apex of the left gable end, and a Venetian window is visible on the first floor. A band also runs at the level of the window sills. On the ground floor, a six-pane sash and a 6-pane casement are similarly framed with plain architraves and keystones. A double, part-glazed door, with a three-pane light above, occupies the position of the former entrance, set within a plain architrave with a keystone. The rear wing also features 12-pane sash windows within plain architraves with keystones. Two late 18th-century doorways are present in the wing, one blocked, with a four-pane sash and a C20 part-glazed door providing access from a rear courtyard. A single 2-light stone-mullioned casement with leaded panes is visible, with evidence of two others that have been blocked. Moulded coping defines the gable ends. Axial and gable-end stacks have moulded cappings.

Internally, the wing incorporates a 4-centred arched, flat-chamfered doorway and a Tudor-arched fireplace. There are intersecting beams with deep flat chamfers. Within No. 4 Walton House are moulded intersecting beams. A Tudor-arched stone fireplace is notable, with carved spandrels and a moulded mantelpiece. A blocked stone window, potentially reused, features two pointed lights, carved spandrels, and casement mouldings, along with sunken rectangular panels at the top of the window surround. A four-centred arched entrance leads to a cellar, which extends further, connecting to an alley between Nos. 3 and 4. It is said that Walton House was formerly a training stable and derives its name from Walton, a son of a horse that won the Derby in 1787.