Stone Hall

Stone Hall is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 17th century, with alterations and a datestone suggesting 1695. It is constructed of random blue ragstone rubble with sandstone dressings, and has a graduated green slate roof. The building’s layout is a modified L-shape, comprising a single-depth two-unit main range and a service wing to the rear.

The exterior is two storeys and an attic, with a symmetrical facade of approximately 1:1:2 window bays. A prominent three-storey gabled porch is centrally positioned. The porch features a doorway with a Tudor-arched lintel protected by a hoodmould, now with a 20th-century glazed door, and an upper rectangular 16-pane fixed window replacing a previous two-light mullioned window with a double-chamfered reveal and stone-slate hoodmould. A small datestone panel sits above, complemented by a two-light mullioned window at attic level with small-paned glazing and a hoodmould. Gable copings with kneelers and a small one-light window at the first floor of the left side are also present. Around the porch, replacement sash windows with margin panes are visible on each floor. To the right of the porch, the remains of two-light mullioned windows are apparent, and further along the ground floor is a two-light mullioned window, with a chamfered one-light window above it on the first floor. Gable copings with kneelers, large chimneys (one single-stage and one two-stage) with stone-slate bands, cylindrical shafts, and corbels are notable features. The left (west) gable wall is painted render, and the right-hand return includes an added stone porch, attic windows flanking the chimney (now with plastic glazing), and the rear wing features a two-light window on the ground floor, a one-light window above it, and a corbelled chimney with a cylindrical shaft.

The interior includes a former housepart and parlour, now combined, containing four chamfered lateral beams. The housepart retains a muntin-and-plank rear partition wall, a large rectangular stone fireplace with a corbelled lintel, and a built-in cupboard. A former kitchen is located to the rear of the housepart. A closed-string splat-baluster staircase is present, and the upper-cruck roof trusses in both ranges (three in the main range and two in the rear wing) feature sharply elbowed blades. A 20th-century staircase has been inserted on the upper floors of the rear wing.