Newton Hall Farmhouse

Newton Hall Farmhouse is a house dating back to circa 1600, with significant remodelling in the 19th century and restoration work in 1986. Originally built for the Vavasour family of Weston Hall, it later saw alterations carried out by the Ingilbys of Ripley Castle. The house is constructed from magnesian limestone with 19th-century gritstone dressings, and has a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high, with a three-by-two bay arrangement. Quoins are present. The central entrance features a six-panel door with a decorative panel above, displaying the coats of arms and shields of the Vavasour and Ingilby families, set within a tall architrave with a cornice. There are sixteen-pane sashes to both the ground and first floors, with a sash containing glazing bars to the centre of the first floor, all grouped closely around the doorcase. Corniced ridge stacks are also visible. When the house was remodelled in the 19th century, the facade was rendered, but this was removed during the 1986 restoration, revealing the original door position on the right and blocked windows from the earlier facade, now visible to either side of the current sashes. The site was previously a hunting lodge for the Vavasour family of Weston, and later belonged to the Thackwrays of Hampsthwaite before being passed to the Ingilbys.