Plumpton Hall

Plumpton Hall is a house dating from the mid to late 16th century, with an extension built in the early 18th century and later alterations. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble, with some stone exposed, and has slate roofs. The building is arranged in an L-shape in two storeys. The north range is the 18th-century addition, with a south front of seven bays, originally designed with a central entrance. The windows are sash windows with single glazing bars and horns. A blocked entrance is visible in the first bay, and the central entrance has moulded jambs, an embattled lintel, a label mould, a segmental-headed panel, and three ball finials, topped by a 20th-century door. A large gable-end stack projects at the junction with the older part of the building.

The west wing has two bays, with paired sash windows on the ground floor and sashes above. One window on the first floor has vertical glazing bars. The south gable end has a later lean-to extension, which projects as a gabled projection to the west, and a 20th-century gabled porch covers the gable-end entrance. The west elevation includes a gabled wing to the northern end, which has a glazed entrance and two sash windows. One first-floor window is set in what was originally a larger opening. Three stair lights are present, as is a lateral stack with set-offs and a rounded shaft to the centre, and a single-storey gabled wing.

The north elevation presents irregular fenestration, with a blocked opening under a flat arch, a blocked square window, and a sash window with a flat arch to the ground floor. The older part has a sash window in what was originally a wider opening and a closet light. The first floor features a sash window, a stair window with sash and glazing bars, a small square casement, and a blocked window under a flat arch. The east end has a large projecting lateral stack, possibly a later alteration. An older lateral stack with set-offs and a rounded shaft is also present, and may also be a later alteration. The east gable end shows signs of a removed stack and blocked fireplaces.

Inside, the entrance has a date stone which is now covered by the later wing. The older wing features chamfered beams, some 16th-century moulded beams, part of a 17th-century partition, a spiral stair of oak baulks, a 2-fielded panel door, and charted door frames, one with a Tudor head. One door has strap hinges. Bolection moulded fireplaces are also present, as are similar features in the later wing, including bolection moulded panelling and doors. The stair, potentially re-used, has square newels with pendants, turned balusters, and ramped handrails. An armorial panel to a window indicates the property belonged to John Sawrey.