Foston Hall

Foston Hall is a house built in 1825, although it has earlier origins, and was constructed for Francis Simpson. The building is made of white brick in Flemish bond and features a Westmorland slate roof. One wing has been demolished, leaving a main dining room and a former service wing arranged in a T-shaped plan.

The main facade has two sections, each two storeys high, with two first-floor windows. The right section has a taller window and an attic. On the ground floor to the right, there is a canted bay with a full-length unequal fifteen-pane sash window, flanked by smaller sash windows with glazing bars, all set beneath channelled lintels. A moulded modillion cornice runs along the top. The first-floor windows also have glazing bars and are topped with a moulded cornice. A 20th-century dormer window is present in the hipped roof, and there are eaves stacks on the left and rear ranges. To the left, there are two unequal nine-pane sash windows, with the first floor being a later addition that also features sash windows with glazing bars and a moulded cornice. There is a stack at the left end.

Inside, the building contains trusses from an earlier roof, which has since been replaced by a 19th-century roof. The earlier roof appears to have been constructed using upper cruck construction with collar and cruck spurs, although the apex is not visible.

The site is believed to be that of an earlier manor house, suggesting that the 1825 structure was built around the remnants of the earlier building. Repairs to the house have reportedly uncovered an earlier brick structure that is encased by the brickwork from 1825.