Lightfoot Hall And Lightfoot House

This is a house, now divided into two separate dwellings, dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is constructed of rubble with a stone slate roof and has a T-shaped plan. The right-hand side, Lightfoot Hall, originally had a hearth-passage plan, now features a gable entry. To the left is a parlour, now known as Lightfoot House.

The front of the building has two round-headed arches, originally filled with rubble voussoirs, but now containing 20th-century windows and a door, along with a further 20th-century window. A fire window with a chamfered mullion oak frame is on the right. The first floor has paired 20th-century sash windows and two more 20th-century sashes with glazing bars. The roof features shaped kneelers, ashlar copings, and end stacks. A gabled rear wing has a 2-light double-chamfered mullion window on the ground floor, and a double-chamfered cross window, possibly enlarged and set below a hoodmould, on the first floor. There are traces of a 2-light window in the gable of the rear wing. Shaped kneelers and ashlar coping are also present here. A large projecting chimney breast, clasped by an adjoining cottage, is visible on the left return.

The interior of the forehouse includes a large timber fire-hood with decorated plasterwork depicting four stylised flowers, along with oak door frames featuring triangular lintels, and moulded and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A stud partition separates the forehouse from the parlour. Linen-fold panelling has been removed from the parlour, and the original stone fireplace is no longer visible. The building is considered important to understanding the evolution of vernacular architecture within the Northern Pennine Dales.