Beachampton Hall

Large house, built on the site of a medieval manor, dating to the late 15th century with alterations in the early 16th century. It is constructed of oolitic limestone, with plain clay tiled roofs and raised coped gables. Brick stacks are present. The building follows a north-south range containing reception rooms, with a cross-wing extending west at the north end, and a disused cross-wing containing the great chamber extending east at the southern end, creating a 'Z' plan layout. The great hall, likely late medieval, was south of the south wing and was demolished in the 18th century, with its remains incorporated into a garden building. The house has two storeys throughout, with attics to the south wing. It features hollow chamfered stone mullion windows with label heads on the ground floor; these windows are transomed in the south wing and in the east gable of the north wing. A canted bay with a mullioned and transomed window is present in the great chamber. Two early 19th century timber windows appear on the west elevation of the centre block. A 19th century door is topped with a timber canopy. A 20th century glazed porch is situated in the re-entrant angle of the north wing.

Inside, the south wing, containing the rebuilt early 17th century chamber, is raised on an undercroft and was formerly accessed by an extravagantly carved stair, largely removed in 1922. The chamber’s panelling, previously described in the early 19th century, is now missing, but some standard 17th century oak panelling remains. The chamber includes a moulded stone fireplace, and there's evidence of a former external perron stair on the north side. Two similar fireplaces are on the first floor, with another in the attic. Numerous boldly moulded doorcases and panelled, early 17th century, lead studded doors are also present, along with an earlier room encapsulated within the rebuild, featuring a heavily moulded ceiling.

The surviving house was likely built by the Piggot family, and the great chamber was probably rebuilt by Sir Thomas Piggot between 1603 and 1611, possibly for the reception of Queen Anne of Denmark and her entourage in July 1603, when the gardens were also laid out. The house shows remarkably little alteration from the 19th and 20th centuries, and, together with the summerhouse, barn, listed gate piers, and gardens, forms a largely unaltered manorial group.